State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Connecticut vs Virginia
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In Connecticut, $144,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.1% — not 9.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-9.9%
Connecticut vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-12.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Database Architects
- Median
- $144,460
- p25
- $133,850
- p75
- $164,280
- p10
- $106,040
- p90
- $210,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
Virginia
Database Architects
- Median
- $160,360
- p25
- $125,540
- p75
- $176,610
- p10
- $105,210
- p90
- $210,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.