State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Connecticut vs Massachusetts
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Connecticut, $103,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.9% — not 11.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.8%
Connecticut vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-9.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Architects
- Median
- $103,540
- p25
- $78,510
- p75
- $124,150
- p10
- $75,440
- p90
- $152,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.