State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs Rhode Island
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Rhode Island, $140,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.1% — not 21.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.3%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+12.1%
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%
Rhode Island
Database Architects
- Median
- $140,320
- p25
- $128,860
- p75
- $171,820
- p10
- $92,540
- p90
- $189,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -76%
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.