State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Maryland vs Michigan
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Michigan, $88,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.7% — not 29.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.5%
Maryland vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+18.7%
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%
Michigan
Architects
- Median
- $88,430
- p25
- $67,360
- p75
- $108,300
- p10
- $59,850
- p90
- $135,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.