State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Rhode Island, $105,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.9% — not 11.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.6%
Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+7.9%
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%
Rhode Island
Architects
- Median
- $105,160
- p25
- $79,810
- p75
- $126,030
- p10
- $65,270
- p90
- $135,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.