State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Massachusetts vs New Hampshire
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In New Hampshire, $139,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.7% — not 15.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.5%
Massachusetts vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+13.7%
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%
New Hampshire
Database Architects
- Median
- $139,990
- p25
- $104,820
- p75
- $164,110
- p10
- $74,120
- p90
- $174,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +325%
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.