State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs Oklahoma
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Oklahoma, $110,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.6% — not 54.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+54.5%
California vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+22.6%
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%
Oklahoma
Database Architects
- Median
- $110,110
- p25
- $107,830
- p75
- $165,660
- p10
- $82,820
- p90
- $173,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.