State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In District of Columbia, $150,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.7% — not 7.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.2%
District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-10.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Database Architects
- Median
- $150,010
- p25
- $101,990
- p75
- $177,480
- p10
- $82,220
- p90
- $225,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -82%
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%
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.