State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Indiana vs Maryland
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In Indiana, $82,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.9% — not 22.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.6%
Indiana vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-12.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $82,080
- p25
- $64,940
- p75
- $92,410
- p10
- $60,390
- p90
- $106,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.