Budget Analyst 1 pay range

What the state says the job is

This is the entry level of the series. Positions perform professional budget analysis work by compiling and interpreting fiscal data used to develop and monitor operating or capital budgets. Under general supervision, performs operating or capital budget development and administrative tasks by modifying computer budget models to make budget projections and allotments; conducts budget analyses using statistical formulas to consider numerous factors that vary among organizations; analyzes proposed legislation and prepares fiscal notes; prepares analyses in support of program plans and budget requests; recommends alternative budget and allocation formulas.

Examples of the work

Conducts operating or capital budget analyses using statistical formulas to consider factors that vary among the organizations such as individually-negotiated salary schedules, widely different campus infrastructures, capital improvement projects, and varying student enrollments; Analyzes proposed legislation, project costs, and prepares fiscal notes on behalf of a multiple-campus institution or system of institutions; Prepares analyses in support of program plans and operating or capital budget requests submitted by the community college districts, organizational units of a university, or other organizations; Uses complex computerized systems to extract, summarize, and evaluate fiscal data; ...

Minimum qualifications

Positions typically require a Bachelor’s degree in business, public administration, accounting, economics, or statistics and three to four years of professional experience in budgets, management, or program analysis. A Master’s degree can substitute for some experience.