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State comparison · 2025

Database Architects salary: Iowa vs Virginia

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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%
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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%
See full breakdown for Virginia

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.