State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs Missouri
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Missouri, $110,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.2% — not 53.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+53.9%
California vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+26.2%
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%
Missouri
Database Architects
- Median
- $110,570
- p25
- $80,600
- p75
- $139,310
- p10
- $64,420
- p90
- $166,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -30%
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.