State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: New Mexico vs Virginia
Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In New Mexico, $87,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.2% — not 17.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.2%
New Mexico vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-9.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $87,360
- p25
- $69,390
- p75
- $106,520
- p10
- $58,360
- p90
- $129,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.