State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs New York
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In New York, $141,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.3% — not 20.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.4%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+17.3%
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 York
Database Architects
- Median
- $141,350
- p25
- $100,550
- p75
- $180,280
- p10
- $82,540
- p90
- $216,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -6%
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.