State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Maryland vs Mississippi
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In Mississippi, $78,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.4% — not 34.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.5%
Maryland vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+11.4%
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%
Mississippi
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $78,850
- p25
- $64,130
- p75
- $92,600
- p10
- $46,690
- p90
- $103,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.