State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Alaska vs Virginia
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In Alaska, $112,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.7% — not 29.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.8%
Alaska vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-30.7%
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
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.