State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Utah vs Virginia
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In Utah, $131,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16% — not 17.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.8%
Utah vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-16%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Utah
Database Architects
- Median
- $131,740
- p25
- $110,790
- p75
- $164,680
- p10
- $97,990
- p90
- $198,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +14%
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.