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State comparison · 2025

Database Architects salary: Georgia vs Massachusetts

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Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In Georgia, $139,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.2% — not 13.7%.

Nominal pay gap
-13.7%
Georgia vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-5.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Georgia

Database Architects

Median
$139,500
p25
$127,870
p75
$172,030
p10
$102,400
p90
$187,410
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
96.3
Hiring velocity (180d)
-28%
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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.