State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Iowa vs Maryland
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In Iowa, $86,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.4% — not 18.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.4%
Iowa vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-2.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $86,550
- p25
- $77,320
- p75
- $104,120
- p10
- $63,650
- p90
- $134,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.