State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Illinois vs Virginia
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In Illinois, $142,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.2% — not 11.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.1%
Illinois vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-10.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Database Architects
- Median
- $142,500
- p25
- $122,340
- p75
- $167,870
- p10
- $97,820
- p90
- $193,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
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.