State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs Tennessee
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Tennessee, $115,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.7% — not 47.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+47.7%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+22.7%
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%
Tennessee
Database Architects
- Median
- $115,170
- p25
- $84,210
- p75
- $141,930
- p10
- $73,440
- p90
- $170,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -41%
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.