State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In New York, $99,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.5% — not 18.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.2%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+20.5%
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 York
Architects
- Median
- $99,280
- p25
- $76,950
- p75
- $128,690
- p10
- $63,920
- p90
- $165,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
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.