State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: North Carolina vs Virginia
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In North Carolina, $134,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10% — not 16%.
Nominal pay gap
-16%
North Carolina vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-10%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Carolina
Database Architects
- Median
- $134,630
- p25
- $106,320
- p75
- $164,020
- p10
- $81,230
- p90
- $178,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -28%
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.