State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs Minnesota
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Minnesota, $133,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.9% — not 27.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.9%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+13.9%
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%
Minnesota
Database Architects
- Median
- $133,050
- p25
- $110,360
- p75
- $157,680
- p10
- $94,220
- p90
- $169,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.