State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Nevada
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Nevada, $101,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.2% — not 15.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.5%
Massachusetts vs Nevada
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%
Nevada
Architects
- Median
- $101,570
- p25
- $79,470
- p75
- $129,230
- p10
- $64,590
- p90
- $161,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.