State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Minnesota vs Virginia
Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In Minnesota, $85,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.4% — not 18.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.5%
Minnesota vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-16.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $85,970
- p25
- $80,000
- p75
- $107,310
- p10
- $65,160
- p90
- $134,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.