State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Kentucky vs Virginia
Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In Kentucky, $76,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.3% — not 27.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.1%
Kentucky vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-18.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $76,860
- p25
- $65,170
- p75
- $95,070
- p10
- $59,960
- p90
- $112,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.