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State comparison · 2025

Architects salary: Arizona vs Massachusetts

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Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Arizona, $102,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.7% — not 13.1%.

Nominal pay gap
-13.1%
Arizona vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-8.7%
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%
See full breakdown for Arizona

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%
See full breakdown for Massachusetts

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.