State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Colorado vs Maryland
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In Colorado, $97,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.7% — not 8.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.4%
Colorado vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-6.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $97,100
- p25
- $81,270
- p75
- $115,000
- p10
- $70,660
- p90
- $130,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- 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.