State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Oregon
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In Oregon, $138,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.3% — not 16.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.9%
Massachusetts vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+14.3%
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%
Oregon
Database Architects
- Median
- $138,250
- p25
- $113,630
- p75
- $161,230
- p10
- $100,820
- p90
- $175,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -13%
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.