State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Montana vs Virginia
Operations Research Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $129,460. In Montana, $80,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.6% — not 37.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.9%
Montana vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-33.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $80,400
- p25
- $62,560
- p75
- $80,400
- p10
- $61,750
- p90
- $99,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.