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Budget Analysts pay in Columbus, GA-AL and Iowa City, IA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Budget Analysts is $85,990 per year in Columbus, GA-AL. It is $134,850 per year in Iowa City, IA. Columbus, GA-AL is 36.2% below Iowa City, IA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-2031 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 90 wage and salary jobs in Columbus, GA-AL and 40 in Iowa City, IA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.