State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Virginia vs Washington
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In Washington, $128,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.8% — not 24.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.5%
Virginia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+31.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Washington
Database Architects
- Median
- $128,760
- p25
- $101,970
- p75
- $160,910
- p10
- $101,970
- p90
- $195,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +10%
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.