State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Maryland vs Virginia
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Virginia, $97,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.9% — not 17.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.3%
Maryland vs Virginia
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%
Virginia
Architects
- Median
- $97,680
- p25
- $78,300
- p75
- $125,750
- p10
- $65,910
- p90
- $164,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -73%
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.