State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Washington
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In Washington, $128,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27% — not 25.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.5%
Massachusetts vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+27%
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%
Washington
Database Architects
- Median
- $128,760
- p25
- $101,970
- p75
- $160,910
- p10
- $101,970
- p90
- $195,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +10%
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.