State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Kentucky vs Wyoming
Architects in Wyoming earn a median of $120,580. In Kentucky, $97,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.7% — not 19%.
Nominal pay gap
-19%
Kentucky vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
-16.7%
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%
Wyoming
Architects
- Median
- $120,580
- p25
- $78,910
- p75
- $123,500
- p10
- $74,890
- p90
- $179,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.