State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Michigan
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Michigan, $88,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.6% — not 32.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.7%
Massachusetts vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+20.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Architects
- Median
- $117,330
- p25
- $87,050
- p75
- $127,780
- p10
- $82,920
- p90
- $163,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
Michigan
Architects
- Median
- $88,430
- p25
- $67,360
- p75
- $108,300
- p10
- $59,850
- p90
- $135,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.