State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: North Dakota vs Virginia
Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In North Dakota, $77,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.6% — not 26.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.6%
North Dakota vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-16.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Dakota
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $77,400
- p25
- $68,790
- p75
- $87,700
- p10
- $61,350
- p90
- $100,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.