State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs Idaho
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Idaho, $121,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.9% — not 40.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.2%
California vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+20.9%
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%
Idaho
Database Architects
- Median
- $121,380
- p25
- $99,500
- p75
- $163,790
- p10
- $79,140
- p90
- $187,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.