State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Alaska vs California
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Alaska, $112,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.5% — not 33.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.9%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-28.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Database Architects
- Median
- $112,500
- p25
- $87,460
- p75
- $120,970
- p10
- $65,060
- p90
- $130,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.