State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs Iowa
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Iowa, $124,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.8% — not 37.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.2%
California vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+8.8%
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%
Iowa
Database Architects
- Median
- $124,040
- p25
- $98,210
- p75
- $143,440
- p10
- $78,660
- p90
- $159,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- 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.