State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs Maine
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Maine, $133,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.1% — not 27.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.8%
California vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+12.1%
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%
Maine
Database Architects
- Median
- $133,120
- p25
- $104,020
- p75
- $159,620
- p10
- $86,880
- p90
- $159,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.