# Budget analyst salary by state

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Period: May 2025. Native unit: USD/year. Source occupation group: Budget Analysts.

United States median: $91,640. 51 retained state/DC markets.

These are occupational wage distributions across experience levels, not employer base salaries, individual packages or complete total compensation. Rankings exclude bounded/unavailable medians. Ties share a rank. No cost-of-living adjustment or 2026 projection.

| State / DC | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| District of Columbia | $124,590 | $101,400 | $144,680 |
| Maryland | $106,020 | $83,820 | $133,220 |
| Virginia | $105,470 | $84,590 | $133,490 |
| California | $99,520 | $80,860 | $129,140 |
| Alabama | $99,490 | $76,400 | $124,380 |
| Colorado | $97,100 | $81,270 | $115,000 |
| Washington | $96,640 | $79,740 | $129,480 |
| Michigan | $96,430 | $79,190 | $134,900 |
| New Jersey | $96,250 | $81,500 | $117,420 |
| Connecticut | $95,440 | $81,040 | $111,830 |
| Oregon | $95,250 | $77,320 | $113,240 |
| Illinois | $94,880 | $73,320 | $112,260 |
| Alaska | $94,740 | $83,600 | $114,490 |
| Vermont | $93,430 | $78,890 | $102,890 |
| Rhode Island | $92,790 | $77,390 | $120,430 |
| New Hampshire | $92,600 | $74,090 | $113,170 |
| Hawaii | $92,380 | $76,780 | $107,930 |
| Massachusetts | $92,260 | $80,940 | $109,100 |
| Georgia | $91,870 | $71,280 | $115,210 |
| Ohio | $89,840 | $74,880 | $113,710 |
| Utah | $88,610 | $76,400 | $107,910 |
| New York | $88,540 | $75,490 | $108,840 |
| Maine | $88,130 | $69,040 | $101,590 |
| New Mexico | $87,360 | $69,390 | $106,520 |
| Tennessee | $86,570 | $76,400 | $108,010 |
| Iowa | $86,550 | $77,320 | $104,120 |
| South Carolina | $86,260 | $73,920 | $107,480 |
| Minnesota | $85,970 | $80,000 | $107,310 |
| Arizona | $84,810 | $71,500 | $102,340 |
| Pennsylvania | $84,240 | $68,970 | $104,810 |
| Florida | $84,170 | $66,900 | $101,910 |
| Idaho | $83,220 | $71,280 | $100,420 |
| Nebraska | $83,010 | $73,320 | $100,210 |
| Texas | $82,970 | $70,080 | $103,830 |
| North Carolina | $82,350 | $68,060 | $100,360 |
| Wisconsin | $82,180 | $69,360 | $94,490 |
| Indiana | $82,080 | $64,940 | $92,410 |
| Delaware | $82,000 | $77,570 | $102,520 |
| Missouri | $81,980 | $68,310 | $100,740 |
| Nevada | $81,600 | $70,740 | $98,950 |
| Wyoming | $81,100 | $69,240 | $94,520 |
| Oklahoma | $80,990 | $65,170 | $101,330 |
| Louisiana | $80,530 | $63,510 | $97,690 |
| Kansas | $80,140 | $67,090 | $103,080 |
| Montana | $79,700 | $63,070 | $86,260 |
| South Dakota | $79,180 | $64,920 | $96,100 |
| Mississippi | $78,850 | $64,130 | $92,600 |
| West Virginia | $78,850 | $64,000 | $100,420 |
| North Dakota | $77,400 | $68,790 | $87,700 |
| Kentucky | $76,860 | $65,170 | $95,070 |
| Arkansas | $71,800 | $53,300 | $88,610 |

Full native-unit data with qualifiers and source URLs: https://wages.fyi/salary-reports/budget-analysts-13-2031-00/data.csv

Official reference: https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/13-2031.00. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, distributed through O*NET OnLine.