State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Hawaii vs Massachusetts
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In Hawaii, $134,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.2% — not 17.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.1%
Hawaii vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-20.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Database Architects
- Median
- $134,040
- p25
- $127,140
- p75
- $169,370
- p10
- $93,780
- p90
- $212,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.