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State comparison · 2025

Architects salary: Kansas vs Maryland

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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
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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.