State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Illinois vs Maryland
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In Illinois, $94,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6% — not 10.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-10.5%
Illinois vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $94,880
- p25
- $73,320
- p75
- $112,260
- p10
- $59,300
- p90
- $132,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.