State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Iowa vs Virginia
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In Iowa, $124,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.9% — not 22.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.6%
Iowa vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-10.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Database Architects
- Median
- $124,040
- p25
- $98,210
- p75
- $143,440
- p10
- $78,660
- p90
- $159,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.