State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Utah vs Virginia
Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In Utah, $88,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.1% — not 16%.
Nominal pay gap
-16%
Utah vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-14.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Utah
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $88,610
- p25
- $76,400
- p75
- $107,910
- p10
- $63,570
- p90
- $133,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.