State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Minnesota vs Wyoming
Architects in Wyoming earn a median of $120,580. In Minnesota, $99,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.1% — not 17.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.1%
Minnesota vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
-22.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Architects
- Median
- $99,940
- p25
- $79,030
- p75
- $122,290
- p10
- $59,500
- p90
- $138,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.