State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Maine vs Massachusetts
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In Maine, $133,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.3% — not 17.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.6%
Maine vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-10.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Database Architects
- Median
- $133,120
- p25
- $104,020
- p75
- $159,620
- p10
- $86,880
- p90
- $159,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.