State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Ohio
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In Ohio, $132,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.7% — not 21.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.6%
Massachusetts vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+6.7%
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%
Ohio
Database Architects
- Median
- $132,910
- p25
- $111,190
- p75
- $157,970
- p10
- $94,530
- p90
- $174,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.