State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Pennsylvania, $97,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.5% — not 20.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.9%
Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+11.5%
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%
Pennsylvania
Architects
- Median
- $97,030
- p25
- $73,550
- p75
- $121,530
- p10
- $61,690
- p90
- $149,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -82%
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.