State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Alaska vs Massachusetts
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Alaska, $108,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.3% — not 7.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.3%
Alaska vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-4.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Architects
- Median
- $108,730
- p25
- $79,330
- p75
- $129,990
- p10
- $60,980
- p90
- $143,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
Massachusetts
Architects
- Median
- $117,330
- p25
- $87,050
- p75
- $127,780
- p10
- $82,920
- p90
- $163,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
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.