State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs Delaware
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Delaware, $147,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.8% — not 15.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.1%
California vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
+3.8%
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%
Delaware
Database Architects
- Median
- $147,800
- p25
- $130,120
- p75
- $159,410
- p10
- $83,370
- p90
- $160,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -18%
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.