State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Massachusetts vs New Mexico
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In New Mexico, $117,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.4% — not 37%.
Nominal pay gap
+37%
Massachusetts vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+19.4%
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%
New Mexico
Database Architects
- Median
- $117,950
- p25
- $99,320
- p75
- $152,080
- p10
- $70,870
- p90
- $165,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- 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.