State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Maryland vs Vermont
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Vermont, $82,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.7% — not 39%.
Nominal pay gap
+39%
Maryland vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+29.7%
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%
Vermont
Architects
- Median
- $82,400
- p25
- $63,400
- p75
- $99,990
- p10
- $56,990
- p90
- $121,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.