State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Maryland vs Nebraska
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%
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
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.