State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Montana
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In Montana, $109,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.4% — not 47%.
Nominal pay gap
+47%
Massachusetts vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+31.4%
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%
Montana
Database Architects
- Median
- $109,990
- p25
- $109,990
- p75
- $109,990
- p10
- $86,470
- p90
- $128,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.