State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Maryland vs Wisconsin
Architects in Maryland earn a median of $114,550. In Wisconsin, $98,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.2% — not 16.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.3%
Maryland vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+4.2%
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%
Wisconsin
Architects
- Median
- $98,510
- p25
- $79,920
- p75
- $120,520
- p10
- $66,710
- p90
- $143,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -86%
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.