State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Pennsylvania vs Virginia
Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In Pennsylvania, $84,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.3% — not 20.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.1%
Pennsylvania vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-17.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $84,240
- p25
- $68,970
- p75
- $104,810
- p10
- $55,220
- p90
- $124,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.