State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: North Carolina vs Virginia
Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In North Carolina, $82,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.3% — not 21.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.9%
North Carolina vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-16.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Carolina
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $82,350
- p25
- $68,060
- p75
- $100,360
- p10
- $59,050
- p90
- $128,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.