State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Massachusetts vs South Dakota
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In South Dakota, $136,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.9% — not 18.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.4%
Massachusetts vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-0.9%
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 Dakota
Database Architects
- Median
- $136,540
- p25
- $109,470
- p75
- $138,820
- p10
- $95,060
- p90
- $142,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.