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State comparison · 2025

Architects salary: Indiana vs Maryland

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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%
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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%
See full breakdown for Maryland

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.