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Computer Systems Analysts pay in Rhode Island and Virginia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Computer Systems Analysts is $134,630 per year in Rhode Island. It is $120,840 per year in Virginia. Rhode Island is 11.4% above Virginia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 15-1211 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 1,850 wage and salary jobs in Rhode Island and 23,190 in Virginia. 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings