State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Wisconsin
Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $117,330. In Wisconsin, $98,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.9% — not 19.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.1%
Massachusetts vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+5.9%
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%
Wisconsin
Architects
- Median
- $98,510
- p25
- $79,920
- p75
- $120,520
- p10
- $66,710
- p90
- $143,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -86%
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.