State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Maryland vs New Jersey
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In New Jersey, $99,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.9% — not 14.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.8%
Maryland vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+18.9%
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%
New Jersey
Architects
- Median
- $99,800
- p25
- $84,400
- p75
- $132,670
- p10
- $72,870
- p90
- $207,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -79%
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.