State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Vermont
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Vermont, $82,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.9% — not 42.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.4%
Massachusetts vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+31.9%
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%
Vermont
Architects
- Median
- $82,400
- p25
- $63,400
- p75
- $99,990
- p10
- $56,990
- p90
- $121,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.