State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Iowa vs Wyoming
Architects in Wyoming earn a median of $120,580. In Iowa, $96,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 19.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.7%
Iowa vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
-15.2%
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
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.