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State comparison · 2025

Architects salary: Maryland vs Nebraska

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Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Nebraska, $91,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.4% — not 25.2%.

Nominal pay gap
+25.2%
Maryland vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+7.4%
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%
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Nebraska

Architects

Median
$91,530
p25
$60,460
p75
$113,530
p10
$48,790
p90
$167,680
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
90.1
See full breakdown for Nebraska

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.