State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs Georgia
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Georgia, $139,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.1% — not 22%.
Nominal pay gap
+22%
California vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+6.1%
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%
Georgia
Database Architects
- Median
- $139,500
- p25
- $127,870
- p75
- $172,030
- p10
- $102,400
- p90
- $187,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -28%
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.