State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Indiana vs Maryland
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Indiana, $96,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.6% — not 16.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.1%
Indiana vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-5.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Architects
- Median
- $96,060
- p25
- $63,040
- p75
- $127,440
- p10
- $50,790
- p90
- $221,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -70%
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.