State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Georgia vs Massachusetts
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%
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.