State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Iowa vs Maryland
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Iowa, $96,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.1% — not 15.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.5%
Iowa vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+1.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Architects
- Median
- $96,810
- p25
- $67,830
- p75
- $122,050
- p10
- $60,760
- p90
- $153,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.