State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Ohio
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Ohio, $94,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.4% — not 23.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.6%
Massachusetts vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+8.4%
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%
Ohio
Architects
- Median
- $94,960
- p25
- $64,450
- p75
- $122,590
- p10
- $59,550
- p90
- $163,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.