State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs Mississippi
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Mississippi, $98,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.9% — not 72.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+72.9%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+35.9%
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%
Mississippi
Database Architects
- Median
- $98,420
- p25
- $73,940
- p75
- $118,100
- p10
- $61,030
- p90
- $137,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- 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.