State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: North Dakota vs Virginia
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In North Dakota, $109,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.5% — not 31.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.8%
North Dakota vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-22.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Dakota
Database Architects
- Median
- $109,430
- p25
- $101,880
- p75
- $129,660
- p10
- $86,370
- p90
- $138,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.