State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Louisiana vs Wyoming
Architects in Wyoming earn a median of $120,580. In Louisiana, $79,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.6% — not 34%.
Nominal pay gap
-34%
Louisiana vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
-30.6%
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%
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.