State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Maryland vs Missouri
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In Missouri, $81,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.8% — not 29.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.3%
Maryland vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+11.8%
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%
Missouri
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $81,980
- p25
- $68,310
- p75
- $100,740
- p10
- $60,920
- p90
- $128,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.