State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Arkansas vs Maryland
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In Arkansas, $71,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.2% — not 32.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.3%
Arkansas vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-18.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $71,800
- p25
- $53,300
- p75
- $88,610
- p10
- $46,750
- p90
- $106,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.