State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Maryland vs Minnesota
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In Minnesota, $85,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.8% — not 23.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.3%
Maryland vs Minnesota
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%
Minnesota
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $85,970
- p25
- $80,000
- p75
- $107,310
- p10
- $65,160
- p90
- $134,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.