State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs Nevada
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Nevada, $140,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.6% — not 21.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.4%
California vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+9.6%
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%
Nevada
Database Architects
- Median
- $140,200
- p25
- $110,730
- p75
- $189,760
- p10
- $72,500
- p90
- $200,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.