State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Florida vs Maryland
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Florida, $96,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 16%.
Nominal pay gap
-16%
Florida vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-14.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Architects
- Median
- $96,240
- p25
- $76,550
- p75
- $122,940
- p10
- $59,990
- p90
- $138,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -76%
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.