State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Iowa vs Virginia
Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In Iowa, $86,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.5% — not 17.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.9%
Iowa vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-5.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $86,550
- p25
- $77,320
- p75
- $104,120
- p10
- $63,650
- p90
- $134,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.