State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Hawaii vs Maryland
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In Hawaii, $92,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.8% — not 12.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.9%
Hawaii vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-16.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $92,380
- p25
- $76,780
- p75
- $107,930
- p10
- $63,790
- p90
- $120,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.