Highest-paying Cities for Budget Analysts

The top 100 highest paying cities for budget analysts (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of budget analysts in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $127,200, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for budget analysts. It is followed by Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia (average annual salary $114,810). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of budget analysts in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Budget Analysts

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$127,200	$79,080	420
2	Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$114,810	$65,950	30
3	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$110,360	$72,880	4,270
4	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$104,600	$68,180	40
5	Huntsville, Alabama	$103,110	$68,620	520
6	Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania	$102,490	$60,110	30
7	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$102,340	$59,190	50
8	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$102,040	$61,350	740
9	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$100,890	$62,920	130
10	Salinas, California	$100,520	$69,450	60
11	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$100,300	$65,730	2,530
12	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$99,460	$65,070	1,900
13	Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$98,360	$98,360	190
14	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$97,950	$64,720	4,600
15	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$97,780	$65,770	40
16	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$97,380	$58,980	40
17	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$96,900	$65,400	70
18	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$96,490	$61,940	1,040
19	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$96,210	$63,690	540
20	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$96,180	$54,200	240
21	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$95,310	$64,640	560
22	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$94,680	$67,720	100
23	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$93,430	$68,130	n/a
24	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$92,740	$64,920	40
25	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$92,600	$56,770	1,210
26	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$92,160	$69,450	50
27	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$91,430	$56,760	280
28	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$91,250	$53,810	110
29	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$91,010	$54,610	1,830
30	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$91,000	$58,620	70
31	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$90,690	$71,020	520
32	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$89,930	$64,610	730
33	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$89,180	$60,530	610
34	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$89,180	$68,680	330
35	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$89,060	$54,160	500
36	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$88,200	$67,540	160
37	Fayetteville, North Carolina	$88,090	$64,320	210
38	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$88,030	$63,120	1,300
39	Charlottesville, Virginia	$87,520	$64,490	60
40	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$87,450	$60,300	310
41	Salem, Oregon	$87,170	$62,480	300
42	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$87,030	$64,580	580
43	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$86,900	$62,260	60
44	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$86,820	$51,950	820
45	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$86,770	$53,230	1,080
46	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$86,510	$63,340	620
47	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$86,410	$66,500	30
48	Anchorage, Alaska	$85,920	$63,460	140
49	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$85,900	$49,380	100
50	Boulder, Colorado	$85,220	$64,860	100
51	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$85,080	$58,270	430
52	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$84,880	$72,820	130
53	Binghamton, New York	$84,730	$61,650	30
54	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$84,710	$62,400	100
55	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$84,640	$54,100	70
56	Dayton, Ohio	$84,640	$58,360	160
57	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$84,120	$51,750	130
58	Springfield, Massachusetts	$83,910	$64,750	130
59	New Haven, Connecticut	$83,910	$56,750	50
60	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$83,500	$53,480	60
61	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$83,500	$60,840	150
62	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$83,200	$56,990	660
63	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$83,150	$61,790	260
64	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$83,080	$61,150	510
65	Topeka, Kansas	$83,030	$64,910	40
66	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$83,000	$54,500	130
67	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$82,940	$64,460	630
68	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$82,780	$55,380	320
69	Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona	$82,760	$54,000	60
70	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$82,660	$56,990	230
71	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$82,610	$59,000	90
72	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$82,590	$64,490	30
73	Framingham, Massachusetts	$82,440	$54,930	110
74	Warner Robins, Georgia	$82,430	$56,530	60
75	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$82,420	$62,100	550
76	Olympia, Washington	$82,330	$61,210	200
77	Columbus, Ohio	$82,290	$58,320	180
78	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$82,220	$59,740	220
79	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$82,110	$54,670	3,130
80	Corvallis, Oregon	$81,920	$65,700	70
81	Nashua, New Hampshire	$81,770	$59,740	130
82	Elizabethtown, Kentucky	$81,660	$58,360	100
83	Harrisonburg, Virginia	$81,570	$45,720	n/a
84	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$81,470	$58,910	130
85	Modesto, California	$81,460	$56,650	40
86	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$81,380	$64,270	70
87	Visalia-Porterville, California	$81,320	$59,040	50
88	Syracuse, New York	$81,270	$63,230	100
89	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$80,900	$54,220	320
90	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$80,870	$55,990	200
91	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$80,860	$55,150	260
92	St Louis, Missouri	$80,690	$61,300	360
93	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$80,620	$55,180	350
94	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$80,530	$42,880	30
95	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$80,460	$64,770	200
96	Kansas City, Missouri	$80,350	$55,410	210
97	Richmond, Virginia	$80,320	$50,120	430
98	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$80,210	$50,630	600
99	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$80,160	$57,120	610
100	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$80,100	$64,450	50

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for budget analysts.