State comparison · 2025
Computer Network Architects salary: Illinois vs Maryland
Computer Network Architects in Maryland earn a median of $159,460. In Illinois, $132,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.6% — not 16.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.7%
Illinois vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-12.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Computer Network Architects
- Median
- $132,790
- p25
- $105,410
- p75
- $166,720
- p10
- $81,630
- p90
- $201,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -3%
Maryland
Computer Network Architects
- Median
- $159,460
- p25
- $124,700
- p75
- $176,240
- p10
- $98,900
- p90
- $213,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
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.