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State comparison · 2025

Architects salary: Kentucky vs Maryland

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Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Kentucky, $97,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.7% — not 14.7%.

Nominal pay gap
-14.7%
Kentucky vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-0.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Kentucky

Architects

Median
$97,680
p25
$75,420
p75
$116,460
p10
$60,980
p90
$130,490
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
90.2
Hiring velocity (180d)
-86%
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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.