State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Maryland vs Missouri
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Missouri, $98,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.6% — not 16.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.3%
Maryland vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+0.6%
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%
Missouri
Architects
- Median
- $98,490
- p25
- $77,530
- p75
- $128,380
- p10
- $60,190
- p90
- $153,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.