State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Massachusetts vs West Virginia
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In West Virginia, $96,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.9% — not 21.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.6%
Massachusetts vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+2.9%
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%
West Virginia
Architects
- Median
- $96,470
- p25
- $79,240
- p75
- $105,520
- p10
- $66,240
- p90
- $137,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.