State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Alabama vs Maryland
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In Alabama, $99,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11% — not 6.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.2%
Alabama vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+11%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $99,490
- p25
- $76,400
- p75
- $124,380
- p10
- $61,050
- p90
- $142,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
Maryland
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $106,020
- p25
- $83,820
- p75
- $133,220
- p10
- $65,680
- p90
- $156,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.