State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Maryland vs South Dakota
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In South Dakota, $102,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.7% — not 11.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.8%
Maryland vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-5.7%
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 Dakota
Architects
- Median
- $102,500
- p25
- $76,890
- p75
- $128,200
- p10
- $61,350
- p90
- $162,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.