State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Missouri
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In Missouri, $110,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.5% — not 46.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.2%
Massachusetts vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+25.5%
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%
Missouri
Database Architects
- Median
- $110,570
- p25
- $80,600
- p75
- $139,310
- p10
- $64,420
- p90
- $166,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -30%
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.