State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Maryland vs Utah
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Utah, $95,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.9% — not 19.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.8%
Maryland vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+12.9%
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%
Utah
Architects
- Median
- $95,590
- p25
- $77,630
- p75
- $124,660
- p10
- $53,250
- p90
- $155,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +267%
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.