State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Arkansas vs California
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Arkansas, $104,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.1% — not 38.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.8%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-22.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Database Architects
- Median
- $104,070
- p25
- $87,920
- p75
- $131,770
- p10
- $74,700
- p90
- $162,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
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.