State comparison · 2025
Management Analysts salary: Massachusetts vs West Virginia
Management Analysts in Massachusetts earn a median of $134,720. In West Virginia, $97,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.9% — not 38.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.2%
Massachusetts vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+16.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Management Analysts
- Median
- $134,720
- p25
- $103,150
- p75
- $168,800
- p10
- $82,490
- p90
- $216,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
West Virginia
Management Analysts
- Median
- $97,470
- p25
- $75,030
- p75
- $121,680
- p10
- $57,830
- p90
- $143,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.