State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Virginia vs West Virginia
Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In West Virginia, $78,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.4% — not 33.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.8%
Virginia vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+18.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
West Virginia
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $78,850
- p25
- $64,000
- p75
- $100,420
- p10
- $51,200
- p90
- $119,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.