State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs Connecticut
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Connecticut, $144,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.2% — not 17.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.8%
California vs Connecticut
COL-adjusted gap
+10.2%
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%
Connecticut
Database Architects
- Median
- $144,460
- p25
- $133,850
- p75
- $164,280
- p10
- $106,040
- p90
- $210,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
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.