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State comparison · 2025

Architects salary: Colorado vs Wyoming

Occupation

Architects in Wyoming earn a median of $120,580. In Colorado, $102,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.6% — not 15.1%.

Nominal pay gap
-15.1%
Colorado vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
-23.6%
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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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
See full breakdown for Wyoming

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.