State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Louisiana vs Massachusetts
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Louisiana, $79,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.6% — not 32.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.2%
Louisiana vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-18.6%
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%
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.