State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs Nebraska
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Nebraska, $134,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.1% — not 26.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.7%
California vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+3.1%
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%
Nebraska
Database Architects
- Median
- $134,320
- p25
- $106,470
- p75
- $160,220
- p10
- $91,560
- p90
- $173,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +7%
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.