State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Colorado vs Kentucky
Operations Research Analysts in Colorado earn a median of $129,880. In Kentucky, $83,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.5% — not 54.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+54.9%
Colorado vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+35.5%
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%
Kentucky
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $83,850
- p25
- $68,340
- p75
- $105,570
- p10
- $58,970
- p90
- $129,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +150%
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.