State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Arkansas vs Virginia
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In Arkansas, $104,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.5% — not 35.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.1%
Arkansas vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-24.5%
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%
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.