State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: New Jersey vs Wyoming
Architects in Wyoming earn a median of $120,580. In New Jersey, $99,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.5% — not 17.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.2%
New Jersey vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
-29.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Architects
- Median
- $99,800
- p25
- $84,400
- p75
- $132,670
- p10
- $72,870
- p90
- $207,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -79%
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.