State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs Colorado
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Colorado, $154,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.5% — not 10.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.1%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+2.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Colorado
Database Architects
- Median
- $154,560
- p25
- $122,150
- p75
- $168,110
- p10
- $88,000
- p90
- $195,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
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.