State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Maryland vs New York
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In New York, $99,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.6% — not 15.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.4%
Maryland vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+18.6%
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%
New York
Architects
- Median
- $99,280
- p25
- $76,950
- p75
- $128,690
- p10
- $63,920
- p90
- $165,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
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.