State comparison · 2025
Architects salary: Virginia vs Wyoming
Architects in Wyoming earn a median of $120,580. In Virginia, $97,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.7% — not 19%.
Nominal pay gap
-19%
Virginia vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
-25.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Virginia
Architects
- Median
- $97,680
- p25
- $78,300
- p75
- $125,750
- p10
- $65,910
- p90
- $164,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -73%
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.