State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Mississippi
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In Mississippi, $98,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.1% — not 64.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+64.2%
Massachusetts vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+35.1%
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%
Mississippi
Database Architects
- Median
- $98,420
- p25
- $73,940
- p75
- $118,100
- p10
- $61,030
- p90
- $137,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- 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.