State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Virginia vs Wisconsin
Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In Wisconsin, $82,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.5% — not 28.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.3%
Virginia vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+19.5%
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%
Wisconsin
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $82,180
- p25
- $69,360
- p75
- $94,490
- p10
- $59,960
- p90
- $112,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.