State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In Rhode Island, $140,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.4% — not 15.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.2%
Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+11.4%
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%
Rhode Island
Database Architects
- Median
- $140,320
- p25
- $128,860
- p75
- $171,820
- p10
- $92,540
- p90
- $189,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -76%
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.