State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Arizona vs California
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Arizona, $156,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.8% — not 8.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.3%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
+0.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Database Architects
- Median
- $156,100
- p25
- $123,890
- p75
- $158,430
- p10
- $99,730
- p90
- $189,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.