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Operations Research Analysts pay in Colorado and Rhode Island
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Operations Research Analysts is $129,880 per year in Colorado. It is $77,910 per year in Rhode Island. Colorado is 66.7% above Rhode Island on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 15-2031 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 770 wage and salary jobs in Colorado and 360 in Rhode Island. 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