State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Kentucky vs Maryland
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In Kentucky, $76,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.6% — not 27.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.5%
Kentucky vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-15.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $76,860
- p25
- $65,170
- p75
- $95,070
- p10
- $59,960
- p90
- $112,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.