State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs North Carolina
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In North Carolina, $134,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.7% — not 26.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.4%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+7.7%
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%
North Carolina
Database Architects
- Median
- $134,630
- p25
- $106,320
- p75
- $164,020
- p10
- $81,230
- p90
- $178,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -28%
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.