State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Nebraska
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In Nebraska, $134,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.5% — not 20.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.3%
Massachusetts vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+2.5%
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%
Nebraska
Database Architects
- Median
- $134,320
- p25
- $106,470
- p75
- $160,220
- p10
- $91,560
- p90
- $173,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +7%
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.