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State comparison · 2025

Architects salary: Colorado vs Maryland

Occupation

Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Colorado, $102,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9% — not 10.6%.

Nominal pay gap
-10.6%
Colorado vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Colorado

Architects

Median
$102,400
p25
$80,660
p75
$128,950
p10
$67,990
p90
$170,040
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
103.1
Hiring velocity (180d)
-59%
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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%
See full breakdown for Maryland

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.