State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs Kentucky
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Kentucky, $125,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.6% — not 35.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.7%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+10.6%
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%
Kentucky
Database Architects
- Median
- $125,400
- p25
- $101,410
- p75
- $145,760
- p10
- $74,140
- p90
- $173,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -17%
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.