State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Wyoming
Architects in Wyoming earn a median of $120,580. In Massachusetts, $117,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 2.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-2.7%
Massachusetts vs Wyoming
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%
Wyoming
Architects
- Median
- $120,580
- p25
- $78,910
- p75
- $123,500
- p10
- $74,890
- p90
- $179,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.