State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Maryland vs Virginia
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In Maryland, $132,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.2% — not 17.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.1%
Maryland vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-20.2%
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%
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.