State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Georgia vs Massachusetts
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Georgia, $100,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6% — not 14.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.4%
Georgia vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-6%
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%
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.