State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Maryland vs New Jersey
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In New Jersey, $96,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.1% — not 10.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.2%
Maryland vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+14.1%
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%
New Jersey
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $96,250
- p25
- $81,500
- p75
- $117,420
- p10
- $67,590
- p90
- $140,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.