State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Arizona vs Massachusetts
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%
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.