State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Virginia vs Wisconsin
Database Architects in Virginia earn a median of $160,360. In Wisconsin, $137,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.3% — not 16.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.4%
Virginia vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+8.3%
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%
Wisconsin
Database Architects
- Median
- $137,810
- p25
- $105,870
- p75
- $162,550
- p10
- $92,660
- p90
- $170,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.