Budget Analysts salary
The median pay for budget analysts in the United States is $91,640 a year. About 47,160 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $62,250
- 25th percentile
- $75,320
- Median percentile
- $91,640
- 75th percentile
- $114,220
- 90th percentile
- $136,660
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- District of Columbia $124,590
- Maryland $106,020
- Virginia $105,470
- California $99,520
- Alabama $99,490
- Colorado $97,100
- Washington $96,640
- Michigan $96,430
- New Jersey $96,250
- Connecticut $95,440
- Oregon $95,250
- Illinois $94,880
- Alaska $94,740
- Vermont $93,430
- Rhode Island $92,790
- New Hampshire $92,600
- Hawaii $92,380
- Massachusetts $92,260
- Georgia $91,870
- Ohio $89,840
- Utah $88,610
- New York $88,540
- Maine $88,130
- New Mexico $87,360
- Tennessee $86,570
- Iowa $86,550
- South Carolina $86,260
- Minnesota $85,970
- Arizona $84,810
- Pennsylvania $84,240
- Florida $84,170
- Idaho $83,220
- Nebraska $83,010
- Texas $82,970
- North Carolina $82,350
- Wisconsin $82,180
- Indiana $82,080
- Delaware $82,000
- Missouri $81,980
- Nevada $81,600
- Wyoming $81,100
- Oklahoma $80,990
- Louisiana $80,530
- Kansas $80,140
- Montana $79,700
- South Dakota $79,180
- Mississippi $78,850
- West Virginia $78,850
- North Dakota $77,400
- Kentucky $76,860
- Arkansas $71,800
By metro area
- Iowa City, IA $134,850
- San Jose, CA $131,730
- Ann Arbor, MI $127,860
- Washington, DC $125,050
- San Francisco, CA $117,360
- Huntsville, AL $113,400
- Santa Maria, CA $110,470
- San Diego, CA $107,010
- Gainesville, GA $106,610
- Lexington Park, MD $106,280
- Seattle, WA $104,090
- Salinas, CA $103,970
- Greeley, CO $103,720
- Boulder, CO $102,760
- Modesto, CA $102,480
- Bridgeport, CT $102,260
- Detroit, MI $102,080
- Davenport, IA $102,020
- New Haven, CT $101,500
- Fayetteville, NC $101,360
- Denver, CO $100,720
- Atlanta, GA $99,880
- Tampa, FL $99,370
- Kennewick, WA $98,750
- Kiryas Joel, NY $98,590
- Vallejo, CA $98,590
- Boston, MA $98,330
- Houston, TX $98,330
- Salem, OR $98,110
- Burlington, VT $98,070
- Tulsa, OK $97,980
- Visalia, CA $97,970
- Albuquerque, NM $97,780
- Augusta, GA $97,470
- Cincinnati, OH $97,190
- St. Louis, MO $96,930
- Anchorage, AK $96,890
- Los Angeles, CA $96,870
- Lansing, MI $96,430
- Portland, OR $96,430
- New York, NY $96,340
- Oxnard, CA $96,260
- Grand Rapids, MI $96,210
- Baltimore, MD $96,150
- Beaumont, TX $95,930
- Stockton, CA $95,870
- Fort Collins, CO $95,860
- Sacramento, CA $95,620
- Hartford, CT $95,400
- Dayton, OH $95,200
- Ogden, UT $94,520
- Savannah, GA $94,520
- Columbus, OH $93,780
- Philadelphia, PA $93,600
- Carson City, NV $93,560
- Colorado Springs, CO $93,530
- Memphis, TN $93,450
- Richmond, VA $92,550
- Urban Honolulu, HI $92,520
- San Antonio, TX $92,000
- Des Moines, IA $91,920
- Elizabethtown, KY $91,560
- Warner Robins, GA $91,560
- Omaha, NE $91,450
- Topeka, KS $91,350
- York, PA $91,250
- Portland, ME $91,220
- Killeen, TX $91,170
- Olympia, WA $91,060
- Cleveland, OH $90,940
- Virginia Beach, VA $90,020
- Charlotte, NC $89,410
- Jacksonville, FL $89,040
- Rochester, NY $88,890
- Salt Lake City, UT $88,880
- Spokane, WA $88,810
- Buffalo, NY $88,690
- Birmingham, AL $88,550
- Trenton, NJ $88,530
- Chicago, IL $88,460
- Riverside, CA $87,860
- Louisville/Jefferson County, KY $87,770
- Providence, RI $87,760
- Indianapolis, IN $87,280
- Allentown, PA $87,240
- Worcester, MA $87,210
- Palm Bay, FL $86,880
- Miami, FL $86,610
- Nashville, TN $86,530
- Charlottesville, VA $86,390
- Fairbanks, AK $86,380
- Madison, WI $86,340
- Bakersfield, CA $86,200
- Columbus, GA $85,990
- Gainesville, FL $85,890
- Clarksville, TN $85,810
- Syracuse, NY $85,240
- Kansas City, MO $85,160
- Phoenix, AZ $84,810
- Pittsburgh, PA $84,660
- Minneapolis, MN $84,450
- Greenville, SC $84,260
- Ames, IA $84,030
- Boise City, ID $83,780
- Crestview, FL $83,780
- Panama City, FL $83,780
- Naples, FL $83,770
- Greenville, NC $83,570
- Reading, PA $83,500
- Toledo, OH $82,990
- Columbia, SC $82,980
- Lexington, KY $82,930
- Dallas, TX $82,790
- New Orleans, LA $82,360
- Durham, NC $82,350
- North Port, FL $82,330
- Reno, NV $82,270
- Milwaukee, WI $82,130
- Chattanooga, TN $81,880
- Austin, TX $81,720