State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In New York, $141,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.6% — not 14.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.4%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+16.6%
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 York
Database Architects
- Median
- $141,350
- p25
- $100,550
- p75
- $180,280
- p10
- $82,540
- p90
- $216,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -6%
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.