State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Maryland vs South Carolina
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In South Carolina, $101,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.7% — not 12.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+12.8%
Maryland vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+0.7%
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%
South Carolina
Architects
- Median
- $101,550
- p25
- $75,140
- p75
- $130,570
- p10
- $62,010
- p90
- $162,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.