State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: California vs Wyoming
Architects in Wyoming earn a median of $120,580. In California, $108,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.6% — not 10%.
Nominal pay gap
-10%
California vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
-24.6%
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%
Wyoming
Architects
- Median
- $120,580
- p25
- $78,910
- p75
- $123,500
- p10
- $74,890
- p90
- $179,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.