State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Texas vs Virginia
Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In Texas, $82,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.1% — not 21.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.3%
Texas vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-18.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Texas
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $82,970
- p25
- $70,080
- p75
- $103,830
- p10
- $60,840
- p90
- $126,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.