State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: District of Columbia vs Virginia
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In District of Columbia, $150,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.9% — not 6.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.5%
District of Columbia vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-13.9%
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%
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.