State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Kansas vs Maryland
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Kansas, $85,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13% — not 25.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.4%
Kansas vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-13%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Architects
- Median
- $85,490
- p25
- $73,320
- p75
- $103,490
- p10
- $61,100
- p90
- $131,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.