State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Michigan vs Wyoming
Architects in Wyoming earn a median of $120,580. In Michigan, $88,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.3% — not 26.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.7%
Michigan vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
-29.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Architects
- Median
- $88,430
- p25
- $67,360
- p75
- $108,300
- p10
- $59,850
- p90
- $135,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.