State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Maryland vs Wisconsin
Budget Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $106,020. In Wisconsin, $82,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.6% — not 29%.
Nominal pay gap
+29%
Maryland vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+15.6%
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%
Wisconsin
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $82,180
- p25
- $69,360
- p75
- $94,490
- p10
- $59,960
- p90
- $112,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.