State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Colorado vs Illinois
Operations Research Analysts in Colorado earn a median of $129,880. In Illinois, $89,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.3% — not 44.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.6%
Colorado vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+40.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $129,880
- p25
- $102,710
- p75
- $160,220
- p10
- $79,570
- p90
- $182,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
Illinois
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $89,800
- p25
- $75,490
- p75
- $126,920
- p10
- $62,500
- p90
- $164,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -54%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.