State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Tennessee vs Virginia
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In Tennessee, $115,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21% — not 28.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.2%
Tennessee vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-21%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Tennessee
Database Architects
- Median
- $115,170
- p25
- $84,210
- p75
- $141,930
- p10
- $73,440
- p90
- $170,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -41%
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.