State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Delaware vs Maryland
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Delaware, $97,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.9% — not 15.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.3%
Delaware vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-10.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Architects
- Median
- $97,030
- p25
- $91,700
- p75
- $118,530
- p10
- $76,780
- p90
- $146,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.