State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Utah
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Utah, $95,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 22.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.7%
Massachusetts vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+14.7%
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%
Utah
Architects
- Median
- $95,590
- p25
- $77,630
- p75
- $124,660
- p10
- $53,250
- p90
- $155,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +267%
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.