State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Arkansas vs Massachusetts
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Arkansas, $78,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.9% — not 33.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.4%
Arkansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-18.9%
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
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.