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State comparison · 2025

Budget Analysts salary: Connecticut vs Virginia

Occupation

Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In Connecticut, $95,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.7% — not 9.5%.

Nominal pay gap
-9.5%
Connecticut vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-11.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Connecticut

Budget Analysts

Median
$95,440
p25
$81,040
p75
$111,830
p10
$70,720
p90
$131,160
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
103.6
Hiring velocity (180d)
-33%
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Virginia

Budget Analysts

Median
$105,470
p25
$84,590
p75
$133,490
p10
$70,610
p90
$156,750
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
101.1
Hiring velocity (180d)
-71%
See full breakdown for Virginia

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.