How much do Budget Analysts make in Lansing-East Lansing, MI?

Percentile spread

For Budget Analysts, the published 10th percentile is $84,260 and the 90th percentile is $106,250. The difference is $21,990, which is 22.8% 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 $96,430 to the 75th at $96,430, covers $0.

The mean annual wage is $96,040, which sits below the median of $96,430. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lansing-East Lansing, MI median is 5.2% higher than the national median of $91,640 for Budget Analysts. In 2024 national prices the local median is $101,515, which is 10.8% higher 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 Michigan median of $96,430.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lansing-East Lansing, MI is 94.991, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $96,430 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Budget Analysts at $101,515 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Budget Analysts. Lansing-East Lansing, MI ranks 3rd of 9 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).).

• Ann Arbor, MI is 50 miles away, with a median of $127,860 and employment of 90. That median is 32.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $126,745, against $101,515 here.
• Kalamazoo-Portage, MI is 57 miles away, with a median of $60,570 and employment of 40. That median is 37.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,865, against $101,515 here.
• Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 59 miles away, with a median of $96,210 and employment of 40. That median is 0.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $100,695, against $101,515 here.

Employment share

Budget Analysts accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Lansing-East Lansing, MI (140 of 217,180). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (47,160 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.13 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.