State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Massachusetts vs Wisconsin
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In Wisconsin, $137,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.3% — not 17.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.3%
Massachusetts vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+4.3%
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%
Wisconsin
Database Architects
- Median
- $137,810
- p25
- $105,870
- p75
- $162,550
- p10
- $92,660
- p90
- $170,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.