State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Oklahoma
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In Oklahoma, $110,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.8% — not 46.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.8%
Massachusetts vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+21.8%
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%
Oklahoma
Database Architects
- Median
- $110,110
- p25
- $107,830
- p75
- $165,660
- p10
- $82,820
- p90
- $173,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.