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State comparison · 2025

Architects salary: Maryland vs Massachusetts

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Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Maryland, $114,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.6% — not 2.4%.

Nominal pay gap
-2.4%
Maryland vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-1.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

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%
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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%
See full breakdown for Massachusetts

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.