State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Maryland vs Texas
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In Texas, $82,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.2% — not 27.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.8%
Maryland vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+18.2%
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%
Texas
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $82,970
- p25
- $70,080
- p75
- $103,830
- p10
- $60,840
- p90
- $126,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.