State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Virginia
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Virginia, $97,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.8% — not 20.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.1%
Massachusetts vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+14.8%
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%
Virginia
Architects
- Median
- $97,680
- p25
- $78,300
- p75
- $125,750
- p10
- $65,910
- p90
- $164,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -73%
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.