State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Colorado vs Maryland
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%
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.