State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: New Jersey vs Virginia
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In New Jersey, $120,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30% — not 24.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.7%
New Jersey vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-30%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Database Architects
- Median
- $120,790
- p25
- $86,600
- p75
- $167,000
- p10
- $86,230
- p90
- $197,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
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.