State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Arizona vs Massachusetts
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In Arizona, $156,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.5% — not 3.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-3.4%
Arizona vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+1.5%
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%
Massachusetts
Database Architects
- Median
- $161,650
- p25
- $134,740
- p75
- $183,610
- p10
- $123,670
- p90
- $220,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -41%
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.