State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Indiana vs Virginia
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In Indiana, $132,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.2% — not 17.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.2%
Indiana vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-10.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Database Architects
- Median
- $132,830
- p25
- $106,690
- p75
- $163,430
- p10
- $83,480
- p90
- $172,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
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.