State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Kansas vs Virginia
Operations Research Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $129,460. In Kansas, $92,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.2% — not 28.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.9%
Kansas vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-20.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $92,050
- p25
- $75,130
- p75
- $117,810
- p10
- $58,570
- p90
- $137,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.