State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs South Dakota
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In South Dakota, $136,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.3% — not 24.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.6%
California vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-0.3%
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 Dakota
Database Architects
- Median
- $136,540
- p25
- $109,470
- p75
- $138,820
- p10
- $95,060
- p90
- $142,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.