Budget Analysts Salary — Houston, Texas

The average Budget Analysts in Houston, Texas earns $98,020 a year.

$98,020 / year, mean
↑ 0.1% above national average 100th percentile in Texas

Houston sits at the very top of the range for this role in Texas — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's close to the national average for budget analysts — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Texas

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
620
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.9%
Cost of living 99 #69 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2109 #114 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $308,306 #99 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $80,458 #49 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Houston ranks #69 for cost of living and #99 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $130,420 San Francisco $117,830 Ann Arbor $117,690 San Diego $111,120 Seattle $108,250 Lexington Park $107,410 Detroit $106,740 Vallejo $106,650 Santa Maria $106,460 Salinas $106,070 New York $102,010 Modesto $101,740 Salem $101,650 Los Angeles $101,170 Sacramento $101,010 Baltimore $100,910 Oxnard $100,550 Stockton $99,070 Visalia $98,880 Houston $98,020 Kiryas Joel $97,990 Portland $97,500 Richmond $96,680 Lansing $96,040 Rochester $96,040 Beaumont $95,880 Allentown $95,440 Buffalo $95,290 Olympia $95,240 Philadelphia $95,070 Chicago $94,650 Riverside $94,610 Tampa $93,950 Virginia Beach $93,860 Grand Rapids $93,670 Syracuse $93,440 Bakersfield $93,250 Charlottesville $92,780 Kennewick $92,770 Miami $92,380 Elizabethtown $92,250 Killeen $91,890 Ithaca $91,360 Trenton $91,140 Dallas $91,070 York $91,010 San Antonio $90,720 Naples $90,430 Louisville $90,060 Spokane $89,450 Palm Bay $89,360 Pittsburgh $88,720 Reading $88,390 Tallahassee $88,070 Gainesville $87,890 Crestview $87,110 Indianapolis $86,770 Panama City $86,610 Austin $85,980 Jacksonville $85,310 Harrisburg $83,630 Orlando $83,450 Albany $83,000 Eugene $82,670 Roanoke $82,430 Lexington $82,250 Sarasota $81,830 Corpus Christi $81,170 Fresno $81,120 Dover $80,390 El Paso $79,600 Fort Myers $79,580 Kalamazoo $77,990 Deltona $76,960 State College $76,280 Corvallis $75,620 Lakeland $75,570 Pensacola $72,210 Scranton $71,850 McAllen $67,830 Waco $61,740
CityMean salaryvs. Houston
Albany, New York$83,000-15.3%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$95,440-2.6%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$117,690+20.1%
Austin, Texas$85,980-12.3%
Bakersfield, California$93,250-4.9%
Baltimore, Maryland$100,910+2.9%
Beaumont, Texas$95,880-2.2%
Buffalo, New York$95,290-2.8%
Fort Myers, Florida$79,580-18.8%
Charlottesville, Virginia$92,780-5.3%
Chicago, Illinois$94,650-3.4%
Corpus Christi, Texas$81,170-17.2%
Corvallis, Oregon$75,620-22.9%
Crestview, Florida$87,110-11.1%
Dallas, Texas$91,070-7.1%
Deltona, Florida$76,960-21.5%
Detroit, Michigan$106,740+8.9%
Dover, Delaware$80,390-18.0%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$92,250-5.9%
El Paso, Texas$79,600-18.8%
Eugene, Oregon$82,670-15.7%
Fresno, California$81,120-17.2%
Gainesville, Florida$87,890-10.3%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$93,670-4.4%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$83,630-14.7%
Indianapolis, Indiana$86,770-11.5%
Ithaca, New York$91,360-6.8%
Jacksonville, Florida$85,310-13.0%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$77,990-20.4%
Kennewick, Washington$92,770-5.4%
Killeen, Texas$91,890-6.3%
Kiryas Joel, New York$97,990-0.0%
Lakeland, Florida$75,570-22.9%
Lansing, Michigan$96,040-2.0%
Lexington, Kentucky$82,250-16.1%
Lexington Park, Maryland$107,410+9.6%
Los Angeles, California$101,170+3.2%
Louisville, Kentucky$90,060-8.1%
McAllen, Texas$67,830-30.8%
Miami, Florida$92,380-5.8%
Modesto, California$101,740+3.8%
Naples, Florida$90,430-7.7%
New York, New York$102,010+4.1%
Sarasota, Florida$81,830-16.5%
Olympia, Washington$95,240-2.8%
Orlando, Florida$83,450-14.9%
Oxnard, California$100,550+2.6%
Palm Bay, Florida$89,360-8.8%
Panama City, Florida$86,610-11.6%
Pensacola, Florida$72,210-26.3%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$95,070-3.0%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$88,720-9.5%
Portland, Oregon$97,500-0.5%
Reading, Pennsylvania$88,390-9.8%
Richmond, Virginia$96,680-1.4%
Riverside, California$94,610-3.5%
Roanoke, Virginia$82,430-15.9%
Rochester, New York$96,040-2.0%
Sacramento, California$101,010+3.1%
Salem, Oregon$101,650+3.7%
Salinas, California$106,070+8.2%
San Antonio, Texas$90,720-7.4%
San Diego, California$111,120+13.4%
San Francisco, California$117,830+20.2%
San Jose, California$130,420+33.1%
Santa Maria, California$106,460+8.6%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$71,850-26.7%
Seattle, Washington$108,250+10.4%
Spokane, Washington$89,450-8.7%
State College, Pennsylvania$76,280-22.2%
Stockton, California$99,070+1.1%
Syracuse, New York$93,440-4.7%
Tallahassee, Florida$88,070-10.2%
Tampa, Florida$93,950-4.2%
Trenton, New Jersey$91,140-7.0%
Vallejo, California$106,650+8.8%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$93,860-4.2%
Visalia, California$98,880+0.9%
Waco, Texas$61,740-37.0%
York, Pennsylvania$91,010-7.2%
Gross salary
98,020/yr
Estimated take-home
77,787/yr
Est. total withheld
20.6%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Texas has no state income tax on wages. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 13-2031 SOC code
Official area Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 26420 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: tx_constitucion_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
PasadenaThe Woodlands
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
7,274,714