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State comparison · 2025

Budget Analysts salary: Maryland vs Wisconsin

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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%
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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
See full breakdown for Wisconsin

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.