State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Missouri vs Virginia
Operations Research Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $129,460. In Missouri, $62,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 46.3% — not 51.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-51.8%
Missouri vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-46.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $62,380
- p25
- $54,830
- p75
- $91,030
- p10
- $49,180
- p90
- $116,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
Virginia
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $129,460
- p25
- $99,660
- p75
- $166,230
- p10
- $71,820
- p90
- $194,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.