State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Georgia vs Maryland
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Georgia, $100,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.4% — not 12.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.3%
Georgia vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-4.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Architects
- Median
- $100,420
- p25
- $83,210
- p75
- $130,810
- p10
- $65,820
- p90
- $184,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -79%
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.