State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs Utah
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Utah, $131,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.4% — not 29.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.2%
California vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+15.4%
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%
Utah
Database Architects
- Median
- $131,740
- p25
- $110,790
- p75
- $164,680
- p10
- $97,990
- p90
- $198,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +14%
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.