State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Rhode Island vs Virginia
Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In Rhode Island, $92,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.1% — not 12%.
Nominal pay gap
-12%
Rhode Island vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-13.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $92,790
- p25
- $77,390
- p75
- $120,430
- p10
- $65,680
- p90
- $130,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.