State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In District of Columbia, $102,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.3% — not 13%.
Nominal pay gap
-13%
District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-16.3%
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%
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.