State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Massachusetts vs Virginia
Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In Massachusetts, $92,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.4% — not 12.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.5%
Massachusetts vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-16.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $92,260
- p25
- $80,940
- p75
- $109,100
- p10
- $67,860
- p90
- $131,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.