State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Maryland vs North Carolina
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In North Carolina, $82,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.6% — not 28.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.7%
Maryland vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+15.6%
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%
North Carolina
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $82,350
- p25
- $68,060
- p75
- $100,360
- p10
- $59,050
- p90
- $128,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.