State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Maryland vs South Carolina
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In South Carolina, $86,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.7% — not 22.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.9%
Maryland vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+9.7%
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%
South Carolina
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $86,260
- p25
- $73,920
- p75
- $107,480
- p10
- $62,870
- p90
- $125,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.