State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: New Jersey vs Virginia
Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In New Jersey, $96,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 8.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.7%
New Jersey vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-15.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $96,250
- p25
- $81,500
- p75
- $117,420
- p10
- $67,590
- p90
- $140,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.