State comparison · 2025
Artists and Related Workers, All Other salary: Iowa vs Maryland
Artists and Related Workers, All Other in Maryland earn a median of $128,610. In Iowa, $39,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 63.2% — not 69.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-69.2%
Iowa vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-63.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Artists and Related Workers, All Other
- Median
- $39,550
- p25
- $33,850
- p75
- $43,060
- p10
- $31,730
- p90
- $62,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
Maryland
Artists and Related Workers, All Other
- Median
- $128,610
- p25
- $102,070
- p75
- $144,680
- p10
- $80,180
- p90
- $156,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.