State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Idaho vs Maryland
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In Idaho, $83,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.7% — not 21.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.5%
Idaho vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-13.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $83,220
- p25
- $71,280
- p75
- $100,420
- p10
- $63,290
- p90
- $126,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.