State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Colorado vs Pennsylvania
Operations Research Analysts in Colorado earn a median of $129,880. In Pennsylvania, $79,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 54.4% — not 63.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+63.1%
Colorado vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+54.4%
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%
Pennsylvania
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $79,640
- p25
- $63,680
- p75
- $102,250
- p10
- $55,220
- p90
- $129,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -58%
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.