State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Indiana vs Massachusetts
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Indiana, $96,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.2% — not 18.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.1%
Indiana vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-7.2%
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%
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.