State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Hawaii vs Massachusetts
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Hawaii, $102,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.1% — not 12.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.8%
Hawaii vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-16.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Architects
- Median
- $102,340
- p25
- $73,690
- p75
- $107,370
- p10
- $61,080
- p90
- $128,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.