State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: New York vs Virginia
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In New York, $141,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.4% — not 11.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.9%
New York vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-17.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Database Architects
- Median
- $141,350
- p25
- $100,550
- p75
- $180,280
- p10
- $82,540
- p90
- $216,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -6%
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.