State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Nebraska
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Nebraska, $91,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.2% — not 28.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.2%
Massachusetts vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+9.2%
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%
Nebraska
Architects
- Median
- $91,530
- p25
- $60,460
- p75
- $113,530
- p10
- $48,790
- p90
- $167,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.