State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Massachusetts vs North Dakota
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In North Dakota, $109,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.3% — not 47.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+47.7%
Massachusetts vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+24.3%
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 Dakota
Database Architects
- Median
- $109,430
- p25
- $101,880
- p75
- $129,660
- p10
- $86,370
- p90
- $138,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.