State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Nebraska vs Virginia
Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In Nebraska, $83,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.7% — not 21.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.3%
Nebraska vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-11.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $83,010
- p25
- $73,320
- p75
- $100,210
- p10
- $61,100
- p90
- $122,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.