State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Maryland vs Massachusetts
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In Massachusetts, $92,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.8% — not 14.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.9%
Maryland vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+15.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Massachusetts
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $92,260
- p25
- $80,940
- p75
- $109,100
- p10
- $67,860
- p90
- $131,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.