State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Kentucky vs Massachusetts
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Kentucky, $97,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.3% — not 16.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.7%
Kentucky vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-2.3%
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%
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.