State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Illinois vs Virginia
Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In Illinois, $94,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.1% — not 10%.
Nominal pay gap
-10%
Illinois vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-9.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $94,880
- p25
- $73,320
- p75
- $112,260
- p10
- $59,300
- p90
- $132,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.