State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Minnesota
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Minnesota, $99,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.4% — not 17.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.4%
Massachusetts vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+9.4%
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%
Minnesota
Architects
- Median
- $99,940
- p25
- $79,030
- p75
- $122,290
- p10
- $59,500
- p90
- $138,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.