State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Utah
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In Utah, $131,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 22.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.7%
Massachusetts vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+14.7%
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%
Utah
Database Architects
- Median
- $131,740
- p25
- $110,790
- p75
- $164,680
- p10
- $97,990
- p90
- $198,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +14%
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.