Budget Analyst

Across all employers in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, the median wage for Budget Analysts — about 1,950 people — is $96,340. Independent Budget Office pays a median base salary of $93,309 for this role, 3% below that figure — about the 45th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Computed over the 47 of 49 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Independent Budget Office is $93,350, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Budget Analyst is held in 4 New York City departments. In Independent Budget Office, the median of $93,350 ranks #3 of 4.

This role is reported in 19 jurisdictions. In New York City, the median of $92,964 ranks #5 of 19. See Budget Analyst across all of New York City →