State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Maine vs Virginia
Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In Maine, $88,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13% — not 16.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.4%
Maine vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-13%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $88,130
- p25
- $69,040
- p75
- $101,590
- p10
- $61,110
- p90
- $118,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.