State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Minnesota vs Virginia
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In Minnesota, $133,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.9% — not 17%.
Nominal pay gap
-17%
Minnesota vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-14.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Database Architects
- Median
- $133,050
- p25
- $110,360
- p75
- $157,680
- p10
- $94,220
- p90
- $169,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Virginia
Database Architects
- Median
- $160,360
- p25
- $125,540
- p75
- $176,610
- p10
- $105,210
- p90
- $210,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.