State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Massachusetts vs South Carolina
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In South Carolina, $130,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.1% — not 24.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.3%
Massachusetts vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+10.1%
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%
South Carolina
Database Architects
- Median
- $130,000
- p25
- $99,620
- p75
- $159,830
- p10
- $84,300
- p90
- $183,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -72%
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.