State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Maryland vs Nebraska
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In Nebraska, $83,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.6% — not 27.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.7%
Maryland vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+9.6%
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%
Nebraska
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $83,010
- p25
- $73,320
- p75
- $100,210
- p10
- $61,100
- p90
- $122,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.