State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Maryland vs Mississippi
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Mississippi, $80,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.4% — not 41.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.6%
Maryland vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+17.4%
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%
Mississippi
Architects
- Median
- $80,870
- p25
- $67,410
- p75
- $114,170
- p10
- $53,860
- p90
- $163,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.