State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs New Jersey
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In New Jersey, $120,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.5% — not 40.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.9%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+38.5%
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%
New Jersey
Database Architects
- Median
- $120,790
- p25
- $86,600
- p75
- $167,000
- p10
- $86,230
- p90
- $197,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
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.