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State comparison · 2025

Budget Analysts salary: Kentucky vs Maryland

Occupation

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%
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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%
See full breakdown for Maryland

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.