Budget Analysts
Build and monitor the budgets that organizations and agencies run on.
At a glance
Annual openings for Budget Analysts come to about 2,900. BLS's 2035 projection for Budget Analysts is +1.9%, 1.8 points below typical growth across the occupations we cover. Getting in usually takes a bachelor's degree. At $91,640 a year, median pay runs 36% above the typical occupation we cover, and 14% above the median across Business & Financial. Displacement risk is high and works-with-AI scores 3/100, closer to displacement than to help; modeled exposure is at the 73rd percentile. Growth is the contrast with Financial Examiners: +1.9% here against +9.3% there.
Similar pay in Business & Financial
Key skills
- Mathematics
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Active Learning
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 50 states and DC. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 4,160 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $100k |
| Texas | 3,340 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $83k |
| Florida | 3,150 | 0.3 | 1.1× | $84k |
| New York | 2,760 | 0.3 | 0.9× | $89k |
| Virginia | 2,730 | 0.7 | 2.2× | $105k |
| Maryland | 2,490 | 0.9 | 3.0× | $106k |
| Georgia | 1,900 | 0.4 | 1.3× | $92k |
| North Carolina | 1,830 | 0.4 | 1.2× | $82k |
| Washington | 1,510 | 0.4 | 1.4× | $97k |
| Washington DC | 1,490 | 2.1 | 7.0× | $125k |
All 50 states and DC
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 1,490 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $84k |
| Colorado | 1,290 | 0.4 | 1.5× | $97k |
| Massachusetts | 1,280 | 0.4 | 1.2× | $92k |
| Tennessee | 1,140 | 0.3 | 1.1× | $87k |
| Oregon | 1,090 | 0.6 | 1.8× | $95k |
| Michigan | 1,020 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $96k |
| Connecticut | 970 | 0.6 | 1.9× | $95k |
| Alabama | 870 | 0.4 | 1.4× | $99k |
| New Jersey | 840 | 0.2 | 0.7× | $96k |
| Wisconsin | 820 | 0.3 | 0.9× | $82k |
| Ohio | 800 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $90k |
| Illinois | 750 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $95k |
| New Mexico | 740 | 0.8 | 2.8× | $87k |
| Arizona | 730 | 0.2 | 0.7× | $85k |
| Oklahoma | 670 | 0.4 | 1.3× | $81k |
| Kentucky | 630 | 0.3 | 1.0× | $77k |
| Missouri | 520 | 0.2 | 0.6× | $82k |
| South Carolina | 470 | 0.2 | 0.7× | $86k |
| Minnesota | 450 | 0.2 | 0.5× | $86k |
| Nevada | 440 | 0.3 | 0.9× | $82k |
| Indiana | 390 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $82k |
| Iowa | 390 | 0.3 | 0.8× | $87k |
| Mississippi | 390 | 0.3 | 1.1× | $79k |
| Montana | 360 | 0.7 | 2.3× | $80k |
| Louisiana | 330 | 0.2 | 0.6× | $81k |
| Arkansas | 320 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $72k |
| Utah | 280 | 0.2 | 0.5× | $89k |
| Kansas | 270 | 0.2 | 0.6× | $80k |
| Delaware | 260 | 0.5 | 1.8× | $82k |
| Alaska | 220 | 0.7 | 2.2× | $95k |
| Hawaii | 210 | 0.3 | 1.1× | $92k |
| Maine | 200 | 0.3 | 1.0× | $88k |
| Nebraska | 200 | 0.2 | 0.6× | $83k |
| Idaho | 190 | 0.2 | 0.7× | $83k |
| West Virginia | 180 | 0.3 | 0.8× | $79k |
| North Dakota | 150 | 0.3 | 1.1× | $77k |
| South Dakota | 120 | 0.3 | 0.9× | $79k |
| Rhode Island | 90 | 0.2 | 0.6× | $93k |
| Vermont | 90 | 0.3 | 1.0× | $93k |
| New Hampshire | 80 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $93k |
| Wyoming | 80 | 0.3 | 0.9× | $81k |
Top metro areas
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV4,100 jobs · $125k median
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,950 jobs · $96k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA1,170 jobs · $100k median
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD1,150 jobs · $96k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,070 jobs · $97k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH930 jobs · $98k median
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA910 jobs · $104k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX810 jobs · $83k median
Where this ranks
Explore Budget Analysts interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.