State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Illinois vs Maryland
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Illinois, $81,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25% — not 28.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.6%
Illinois vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-25%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Architects
- Median
- $81,780
- p25
- $65,110
- p75
- $105,090
- p10
- $59,890
- p90
- $130,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -68%
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.