State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Alaska vs Maryland
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In Alaska, $94,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.4% — not 10.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-10.6%
Alaska vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-8.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $94,740
- p25
- $83,600
- p75
- $114,490
- p10
- $74,340
- p90
- $130,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.