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Budget Analysts
Examine budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and regulations. Analyze budgeting and accounting reports.
What a budget analyst does
Become a budget analyst
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good budget analyst
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
- Using math to solve problems.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $54 per hour with an average salary of $86,200 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $37 and $60 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $52,000 and $103,300 per year.
- 53% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $63 per hour with an average salary of $82,400 per year.
Budget Analyst job outlook
- There are 1,010 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 67 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 1% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 11% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.