State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Texas
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Texas, $94,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14% — not 24.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.2%
Massachusetts vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+14%
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%
Texas
Architects
- Median
- $94,490
- p25
- $76,730
- p75
- $121,670
- p10
- $60,730
- p90
- $142,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.