State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Colorado vs Rhode Island
Operations Research Analysts in Colorado earn a median of $129,880. In Rhode Island, $77,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 65.4% — not 66.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+66.7%
Colorado vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+65.4%
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%
Rhode Island
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $77,910
- p25
- $64,370
- p75
- $100,640
- p10
- $61,110
- p90
- $183,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.