State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Maryland vs West Virginia
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In West Virginia, $96,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.2% — not 18.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.7%
Maryland vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+1.2%
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%
West Virginia
Architects
- Median
- $96,470
- p25
- $79,240
- p75
- $105,520
- p10
- $66,240
- p90
- $137,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.