State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Massachusetts vs New Mexico
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In New Mexico, $77,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.6% — not 51%.
Nominal pay gap
+51%
Massachusetts vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+31.6%
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 Mexico
Architects
- Median
- $77,720
- p25
- $61,040
- p75
- $97,870
- p10
- $47,840
- p90
- $120,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.