Tennessee / Children's Services / Budget Analyst 2*
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
2 employees hold this title in Children's Services. Median total compensation for the role is $72,392, above the department median of $66,696.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Tennessee, the median wage for Budget Analysts — about 1,140 people — is $86,570. Children's Services pays a median base salary of $70,680 for this role, 18% below that figure — about the 18th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Budget Analysts across every employer in Tennessee, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Children's Services’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Budget Analysts — about 47,160 people — is $91,640. Children's Services’s median base salary is 23% below that national figure, about the 20th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Tennessee range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Children's Services is $72,392, 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.
Compare departments
Budget Analyst 2* is held in 6 Tennessee departments. In Children's Services, the median of $72,392 ranks #2 of 6.
Median total compensation for the Budget Analyst 2* role in other Tennesseedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 19 jurisdictions. In Tennessee, the median of $57,873 ranks #12 of 19. See Budget Analyst across all of Tennessee →
Median total compensation for comparable Budget Analyst roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Same department
Record list
Page 1
Budget Analyst 2*/Children's Services
Source-specific fields
At Children's Services, Cynthia Bester serves as a Budget Analyst 2* within Budget Services. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $72,424.
Budget Analyst 2*/Children's Services
Source-specific fields
Tina Cathey works as a Budget Analyst 2* for Children's Services within Finance & Budget - Assistant Community. Their status is full-time. Tina earned $72,360 in 2026.