State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs Kansas
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Kansas, $129,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.5% — not 30.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.9%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+6.5%
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%
Kansas
Database Architects
- Median
- $129,990
- p25
- $101,710
- p75
- $139,940
- p10
- $81,790
- p90
- $165,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -10%
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.