State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Maryland vs Tennessee
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In Tennessee, $86,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.2% — not 22.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.5%
Maryland vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+7.2%
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%
Tennessee
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $86,570
- p25
- $76,400
- p75
- $108,010
- p10
- $63,920
- p90
- $133,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.