State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Maryland vs North Dakota
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In North Dakota, $77,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.1% — not 37%.
Nominal pay gap
+37%
Maryland vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+16.1%
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%
North Dakota
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $77,400
- p25
- $68,790
- p75
- $87,700
- p10
- $61,350
- p90
- $100,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.