State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Maryland vs Oregon
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Oregon, $98,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.2% — not 15.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.9%
Maryland vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+14.2%
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%
Oregon
Architects
- Median
- $98,800
- p25
- $80,100
- p75
- $117,290
- p10
- $68,820
- p90
- $129,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.