State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Alabama vs Virginia
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In Alabama, $105,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.1% — not 34.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.2%
Alabama vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-25.1%
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%
Virginia
Database Architects
- Median
- $160,360
- p25
- $125,540
- p75
- $176,610
- p10
- $105,210
- p90
- $210,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.