State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: District of Columbia vs Maryland
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In District of Columbia, $102,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.9% — not 10.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-10.9%
District of Columbia vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-14.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Architects
- Median
- $102,040
- p25
- $78,110
- p75
- $130,200
- p10
- $75,900
- p90
- $163,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.