State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Maryland vs Massachusetts
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In Maryland, $132,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.1% — not 17.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.8%
Maryland vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-17.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Database Architects
- Median
- $132,940
- p25
- $109,030
- p75
- $174,690
- p10
- $80,090
- p90
- $205,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +31%
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.