State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Oklahoma
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Oklahoma, $100,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3% — not 16.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.9%
Massachusetts vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
-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%
Oklahoma
Architects
- Median
- $100,350
- p25
- $75,630
- p75
- $121,050
- p10
- $55,040
- p90
- $165,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.