State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Idaho vs Massachusetts
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Idaho, $93,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.5% — not 20.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.1%
Idaho vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-11.5%
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
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.