State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Alabama vs Maryland
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Alabama, $95,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.9% — not 16.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.2%
Alabama vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-0.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Architects
- Median
- $95,990
- p25
- $76,340
- p75
- $133,150
- p10
- $62,980
- p90
- $174,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
Maryland
Architects
- Median
- $114,550
- p25
- $81,280
- p75
- $148,700
- p10
- $68,320
- p90
- $182,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -65%
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.