State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Tennessee
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Tennessee, $94,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.4% — not 24.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.8%
Massachusetts vs Tennessee
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%
Tennessee
Architects
- Median
- $94,030
- p25
- $76,070
- p75
- $118,090
- p10
- $62,930
- p90
- $146,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.