State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs Oregon
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Oregon, $138,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15% — not 23.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.1%
California vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+15%
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%
Oregon
Database Architects
- Median
- $138,250
- p25
- $113,630
- p75
- $161,230
- p10
- $100,820
- p90
- $175,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -13%
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.