State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Oregon
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Oregon, $98,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.1% — not 18.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.8%
Massachusetts vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+16.1%
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%
Oregon
Architects
- Median
- $98,800
- p25
- $80,100
- p75
- $117,290
- p10
- $68,820
- p90
- $129,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.