State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Maryland vs North Carolina
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In North Carolina, $95,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.5% — not 19.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.7%
Maryland vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+7.5%
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%
North Carolina
Architects
- Median
- $95,700
- p25
- $79,010
- p75
- $122,960
- p10
- $64,730
- p90
- $164,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -65%
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.