State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Massachusetts vs North Carolina
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In North Carolina, $134,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7% — not 20.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.1%
Massachusetts vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+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%
North Carolina
Database Architects
- Median
- $134,630
- p25
- $106,320
- p75
- $164,020
- p10
- $81,230
- p90
- $178,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -28%
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.