State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Tennessee
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In Tennessee, $115,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.9% — not 40.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.4%
Massachusetts vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+21.9%
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%
Tennessee
Database Architects
- Median
- $115,170
- p25
- $84,210
- p75
- $141,930
- p10
- $73,440
- p90
- $170,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -41%
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.