State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Massachusetts vs North Carolina
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In North Carolina, $95,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.3% — not 22.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.6%
Massachusetts vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+9.3%
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%
North Carolina
Architects
- Median
- $95,700
- p25
- $79,010
- p75
- $122,960
- p10
- $64,730
- p90
- $164,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -65%
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.