State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Kansas vs Maryland
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In Kansas, $80,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.9% — not 24.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.4%
Kansas vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-11.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $80,140
- p25
- $67,090
- p75
- $103,080
- p10
- $59,240
- p90
- $117,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.