State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Idaho vs Maryland
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Idaho, $93,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.1% — not 18.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.2%
Idaho vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-10.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Architects
- Median
- $93,710
- p25
- $68,860
- p75
- $107,990
- p10
- $51,790
- p90
- $152,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.