State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Maryland vs New Mexico
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In New Mexico, $87,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.6% — not 21.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.4%
Maryland vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+6.6%
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%
New Mexico
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $87,360
- p25
- $69,390
- p75
- $106,520
- p10
- $58,360
- p90
- $129,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.