State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: North Carolina vs Wyoming
Architects in Wyoming earn a median of $120,580. In North Carolina, $95,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22% — not 20.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.6%
North Carolina vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
-22%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Carolina
Architects
- Median
- $95,700
- p25
- $79,010
- p75
- $122,960
- p10
- $64,730
- p90
- $164,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -65%
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.