State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: South Carolina vs Virginia
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In South Carolina, $130,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.5% — not 18.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.9%
South Carolina vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-12.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Carolina
Database Architects
- Median
- $130,000
- p25
- $99,620
- p75
- $159,830
- p10
- $84,300
- p90
- $183,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -72%
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.