State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Louisiana vs Maryland
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Louisiana, $79,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.3% — not 30.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.5%
Louisiana vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-17.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Architects
- Median
- $79,580
- p25
- $61,110
- p75
- $110,950
- p10
- $51,720
- p90
- $154,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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%
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.