State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Maryland vs Minnesota
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Minnesota, $99,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.6% — not 14.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.6%
Maryland vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+7.6%
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%
Minnesota
Architects
- Median
- $99,940
- p25
- $79,030
- p75
- $122,290
- p10
- $59,500
- p90
- $138,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.