State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Louisiana vs Virginia
Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In Louisiana, $80,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.5% — not 23.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.6%
Louisiana vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-12.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $80,530
- p25
- $63,510
- p75
- $97,690
- p10
- $53,560
- p90
- $122,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.