State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Arizona vs Maryland
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Arizona, $102,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.2% — not 11%.
Nominal pay gap
-11%
Arizona vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-7.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Architects
- Median
- $102,000
- p25
- $84,080
- p75
- $124,390
- p10
- $68,260
- p90
- $138,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
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.