State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Maryland vs Oklahoma
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Oklahoma, $100,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.5% — not 14.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.2%
Maryland vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
-4.5%
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%
Oklahoma
Architects
- Median
- $100,350
- p25
- $75,630
- p75
- $121,050
- p10
- $55,040
- p90
- $165,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.