State comparison · 2025
Management Analysts salary: Maryland vs South Dakota
Management Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $121,680. In South Dakota, $83,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.8% — not 45.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.5%
Maryland vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+22.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Management Analysts
- Median
- $121,680
- p25
- $92,870
- p75
- $144,680
- p10
- $73,030
- p90
- $162,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -27%
South Dakota
Management Analysts
- Median
- $83,620
- p25
- $66,120
- p75
- $108,890
- p10
- $59,070
- p90
- $147,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
- 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.