State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Massachusetts vs New Jersey
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In New Jersey, $99,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.9% — not 17.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.6%
Massachusetts vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+20.9%
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 Jersey
Architects
- Median
- $99,800
- p25
- $84,400
- p75
- $132,670
- p10
- $72,870
- p90
- $207,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -79%
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.