State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Illinois vs Wyoming
Architects in Wyoming earn a median of $120,580. In Illinois, $81,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.1% — not 32.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.2%
Illinois vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
-37.1%
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%
Wyoming
Architects
- Median
- $120,580
- p25
- $78,910
- p75
- $123,500
- p10
- $74,890
- p90
- $179,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.