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State comparison · 2025

Database Architects salary: Delaware vs Massachusetts

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Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In Delaware, $147,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.1% — not 8.6%.

Nominal pay gap
-8.6%
Delaware vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-3.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Delaware

Database Architects

Median
$147,800
p25
$130,120
p75
$159,410
p10
$83,370
p90
$160,860
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
99.8
Hiring velocity (180d)
-18%
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Massachusetts

Database Architects

Median
$161,650
p25
$134,740
p75
$183,610
p10
$123,670
p90
$220,910
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
105.8
Hiring velocity (180d)
-41%
See full breakdown for Massachusetts

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.