State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Minnesota
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In Minnesota, $133,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.2% — not 21.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.5%
Massachusetts vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+13.2%
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%
Minnesota
Database Architects
- Median
- $133,050
- p25
- $110,360
- p75
- $157,680
- p10
- $94,220
- p90
- $169,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.