State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Arizona vs Maryland
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In Arizona, $84,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.6% — not 20%.
Nominal pay gap
-20%
Arizona vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-16.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $84,810
- p25
- $71,500
- p75
- $102,340
- p10
- $60,500
- p90
- $123,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.