State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: South Dakota vs Virginia
Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In South Dakota, $79,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.3% — not 24.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.9%
South Dakota vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-14.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Dakota
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $79,180
- p25
- $64,920
- p75
- $96,100
- p10
- $56,910
- p90
- $116,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.