State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Maryland vs New Mexico
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In New Mexico, $77,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.4% — not 47.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+47.4%
Maryland vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+29.4%
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%
New Mexico
Architects
- Median
- $77,720
- p25
- $61,040
- p75
- $97,870
- p10
- $47,840
- p90
- $120,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.