State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Maryland vs Pennsylvania
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Pennsylvania, $97,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.7% — not 18.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.1%
Maryland vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+9.7%
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%
Pennsylvania
Architects
- Median
- $97,030
- p25
- $73,550
- p75
- $121,530
- p10
- $61,690
- p90
- $149,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -82%
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.