State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Arkansas vs Maryland
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Arkansas, $78,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.5% — not 31.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.7%
Arkansas vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-17.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Architects
- Median
- $78,190
- p25
- $64,170
- p75
- $100,490
- p10
- $59,230
- p90
- $117,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.