State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: California vs Wisconsin
Database Architects in California earn a median of $170,160. In Wisconsin, $137,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5% — not 23.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.5%
California vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+5%
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%
Wisconsin
Database Architects
- Median
- $137,810
- p25
- $105,870
- p75
- $162,550
- p10
- $92,660
- p90
- $170,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.