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Architects, Except Landscape and Naval pay in South Carolina and Wyoming
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval is $101,550 per year in South Carolina. It is $120,580 per year in Wyoming. South Carolina is 15.8% 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 1,030 wage and salary jobs in South Carolina 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