State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Arizona vs Virginia
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In Arizona, $156,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.3% — not 2.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-2.7%
Arizona vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-2.3%
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%
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.