State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Idaho vs Virginia
Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In Idaho, $83,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.5% — not 21.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.1%
Idaho vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-16.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $83,220
- p25
- $71,280
- p75
- $100,420
- p10
- $63,290
- p90
- $126,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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%
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.