State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Texas vs Virginia
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In Texas, $151,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.7% — not 5.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.6%
Texas vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-1.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Texas
Database Architects
- Median
- $151,370
- p25
- $127,070
- p75
- $165,470
- p10
- $92,890
- p90
- $200,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -23%
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.