State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Illinois vs Massachusetts
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Illinois, $81,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.3% — not 30.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.3%
Illinois vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-26.3%
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%
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.