State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Michigan
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In Michigan, $131,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.2% — not 23.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.4%
Massachusetts vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+12.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Michigan
Database Architects
- Median
- $131,000
- p25
- $102,270
- p75
- $154,270
- p10
- $79,810
- p90
- $174,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -27%
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.