State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Arkansas vs Massachusetts
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In Arkansas, $104,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.6% — not 35.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.6%
Arkansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-21.6%
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%
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.