State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Maryland vs Pennsylvania
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In Pennsylvania, $84,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17% — not 25.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.9%
Maryland vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+17%
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%
Pennsylvania
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $84,240
- p25
- $68,970
- p75
- $104,810
- p10
- $55,220
- p90
- $124,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.