State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs District of Columbia
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In District of Columbia, $150,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.6% — not 13.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.4%
California vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
+12.6%
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%
District of Columbia
Database Architects
- Median
- $150,010
- p25
- $101,990
- p75
- $177,480
- p10
- $82,220
- p90
- $225,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -82%
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.