State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs Illinois
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Illinois, $142,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.9% — not 19.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.4%
California vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+7.9%
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%
Illinois
Database Architects
- Median
- $142,500
- p25
- $122,340
- p75
- $167,870
- p10
- $97,820
- p90
- $193,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
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.