State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Oklahoma vs Virginia
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In Oklahoma, $110,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.9% — not 31.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.3%
Oklahoma vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-20.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oklahoma
Database Architects
- Median
- $110,110
- p25
- $107,830
- p75
- $165,660
- p10
- $82,820
- p90
- $173,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.