State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Maryland vs Tennessee
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Tennessee, $94,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.6% — not 21.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.8%
Maryland vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+6.6%
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%
Tennessee
Architects
- Median
- $94,030
- p25
- $76,070
- p75
- $118,090
- p10
- $62,930
- p90
- $146,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.