State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Alabama vs California
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Alabama, $105,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.7% — not 38%.
Nominal pay gap
-38%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-22.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Database Architects
- Median
- $105,450
- p25
- $92,170
- p75
- $139,510
- p10
- $78,400
- p90
- $172,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
California
Database Architects
- Median
- $170,160
- p25
- $132,880
- p75
- $203,130
- p10
- $101,200
- p90
- $227,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -17%
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.