State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Colorado vs Massachusetts
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Colorado, $102,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.4% — not 12.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.7%
Colorado vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-10.4%
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%
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.