State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Texas vs Washington
Budget Analysts in Washington earn a median of $96,640. In Texas, $82,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.4% — not 14.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.1%
Texas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-5.4%
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)
- +213%
Washington
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $96,640
- p25
- $79,740
- p75
- $129,480
- p10
- $61,240
- p90
- $147,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.