State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Rhode Island vs Virginia
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In Rhode Island, $140,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.5% — not 12.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.5%
Rhode Island vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-13.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Database Architects
- Median
- $140,320
- p25
- $128,860
- p75
- $171,820
- p10
- $92,540
- p90
- $189,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -76%
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.