State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Nevada
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In Nevada, $140,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9% — not 15.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.3%
Massachusetts vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+9%
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%
Nevada
Database Architects
- Median
- $140,200
- p25
- $110,730
- p75
- $189,760
- p10
- $72,500
- p90
- $200,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.