State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: South Carolina vs Virginia
Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In South Carolina, $86,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.8% — not 18.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.2%
South Carolina vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-11.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Carolina
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $86,260
- p25
- $73,920
- p75
- $107,480
- p10
- $62,870
- p90
- $125,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.