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Architects, Except Landscape and Naval pay in Rhode Island and Wyoming
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval is $105,160 per year in Rhode Island. It is $120,580 per year in Wyoming. Rhode Island is 12.8% 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 550 wage and salary jobs in Rhode Island 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