State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Mississippi vs Virginia
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In Mississippi, $98,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.7% — not 38.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.6%
Mississippi vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-28.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Database Architects
- Median
- $98,420
- p25
- $73,940
- p75
- $118,100
- p10
- $61,030
- p90
- $137,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- 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.