State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Maine vs Maryland
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Maine, $78,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.8% — not 31.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.4%
Maine vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-25.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Architects
- Median
- $78,600
- p25
- $65,460
- p75
- $101,150
- p10
- $51,920
- p90
- $123,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.