State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Delaware vs Virginia
Operations Research Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $129,460. In Delaware, $101,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.9% — not 21.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.9%
Delaware vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-20.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $101,070
- p25
- $77,520
- p75
- $130,100
- p10
- $62,510
- p90
- $132,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
Virginia
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $129,460
- p25
- $99,660
- p75
- $166,230
- p10
- $71,820
- p90
- $194,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.