State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Pennsylvania vs Virginia
Operations Research Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $129,460. In Pennsylvania, $79,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.3% — not 38.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.5%
Pennsylvania vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-36.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $79,640
- p25
- $63,680
- p75
- $102,250
- p10
- $55,220
- p90
- $129,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -58%
Virginia
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $129,460
- p25
- $99,660
- p75
- $166,230
- p10
- $71,820
- p90
- $194,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.