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Architects, Except Landscape and Naval pay in Idaho and Wyoming
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval is $93,710 per year in Idaho. It is $120,580 per year in Wyoming. Idaho is 22.3% below Wyoming on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 17-1011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 850 wage and salary jobs in Idaho and 130 in Wyoming. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings