State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Kansas vs Massachusetts
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Kansas, $85,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.4% — not 27.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.1%
Kansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-14.4%
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
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.