State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: California vs Massachusetts
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In California, $108,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.6% — not 7.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.5%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-11.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Architects
- Median
- $108,540
- p25
- $85,990
- p75
- $152,430
- p10
- $75,640
- p90
- $171,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
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.