State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Massachusetts vs New Jersey
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In New Jersey, $120,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.6% — not 33.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.8%
Massachusetts vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+37.6%
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 Jersey
Database Architects
- Median
- $120,790
- p25
- $86,600
- p75
- $167,000
- p10
- $86,230
- p90
- $197,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
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.