State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: South Dakota vs Virginia
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In South Dakota, $136,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.8% — not 14.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.9%
South Dakota vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-2.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Dakota
Database Architects
- Median
- $136,540
- p25
- $109,470
- p75
- $138,820
- p10
- $95,060
- p90
- $142,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.