State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Massachusetts vs New Hampshire
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In New Hampshire, $101,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.3% — not 16.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.1%
Massachusetts vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+14.3%
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%
New Hampshire
Architects
- Median
- $101,100
- p25
- $75,850
- p75
- $108,020
- p10
- $63,200
- p90
- $133,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.