State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Mississippi
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Mississippi, $80,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.3% — not 45.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.1%
Massachusetts vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+19.3%
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%
Mississippi
Architects
- Median
- $80,870
- p25
- $67,410
- p75
- $114,170
- p10
- $53,860
- p90
- $163,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.