State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: District of Columbia vs Wyoming
Architects in Wyoming earn a median of $120,580. In District of Columbia, $102,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.6% — not 15.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.4%
District of Columbia vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
-28.6%
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%
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
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.