State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs South Carolina
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In South Carolina, $130,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.8% — not 30.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.9%
California vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+10.8%
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%
South Carolina
Database Architects
- Median
- $130,000
- p25
- $99,620
- p75
- $159,830
- p10
- $84,300
- p90
- $183,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -72%
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.