How much do Budget Analysts make in Helena, MT?

Percentile spread

For Budget Analysts, the published 10th percentile is $63,070 and the 90th percentile is $103,530. The difference is $40,460, which is 50.8% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $79,700 to the 75th at $79,700, covers $0.

The mean annual wage is $82,540, which sits above the median of $79,700. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Helena, MT median is 13% lower than the national median of $91,640 for Budget Analysts. In 2024 national prices the local median is $83,303, which is 9.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Montana median of $79,700.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Helena, MT is 95.675, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $79,700 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Budget Analysts at $83,303 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Budget Analysts. Helena, MT ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Missoula, MT is 103 miles away, with a median of $62,500 and employment of 70. That median is 21.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,804, against $83,303 here.

Employment share

Budget Analysts accounts for 0.34% of wage-and-salary employment in Helena, MT (150 of 44,420). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (47,160 of 155,495,730). The local share is 11.13 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.