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Lead / Director Database Architects salary in California

Roles that direct strategy, lead teams, or hold full functional ownership. Typically ten or more years of experience or a Director-class title with budget responsibility.

Adrian Serafin, founder and editor of RateOrchardBy Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated May 4, 2026
BLS percentile range
P75 to P90 of the California OES distribution for Database Architects.
DOL OFLC offered median
$210,746
Across 143 certified filings at this wage level.
Real disclosed salaries

Lead / Director Database Architects in California: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 143 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $210,746. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.

By DOL wage level

DOL classifies every offer into one of four wage levels based on the role's experience and skill requirements.

LevelFilingsMedian offer
Level IV — fully competent143$210,746

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Lead / Director Database Architects in California. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Meta Platforms, IncData Engineer32$221,975
Chime Financial, Inc.Senior Software Engineer, Data Engineering8$215,000
University of California, Los AngelesApplications Programmer5$178,872
Salesforce, Inc.Software Engineering PMTS5$267,322
AGILISIUM CONSULTING LLCTechnical Salesforce Lead/Architect3$175,698
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORPSenior Manager JC45 - Data Warehousing Specialists3$183,851
TikTok U.S. Data Security Inc.Data SRE, Ads Data2$310,000
IBM CorporationData Engineer2$210,691
Astreya Partners, LLCEnterprise Architecture Engineer, Director2$204,214
TikTok Inc.Data Engineer, Global Live2$293,000

Recent sample filings

A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.

  • Technical Salesforce Lead/Architect at AGILISIUM CONSULTING LLC
    $183,851
    West HillsWage Level IVDecided Sep 30, 2025I-200-25266-329281
  • Senior Data Engineer at Included Health Inc.
    $228,000
    San FranciscoWage Level IVDecided Sep 29, 2025I-200-25265-325800
  • Data Engineer at Meta Platforms, Inc
    $220,000
    SunnyvaleWage Level IVDecided Sep 26, 2025I-200-25262-321689
  • Database Architect at Rysun Labs Inc
    $210,746
    MilpitasWage Level IVDecided Sep 24, 2025I-200-25260-316128
  • Staff Solution Architect at Elementum Ltd.
    $230,000
    Santa ClaraWage Level IVDecided Sep 24, 2025I-200-25260-315591
  • Senior Analytics Engineer at ID.me, Inc.
    $210,746
    Mountain ViewWage Level IVDecided Sep 23, 2025I-200-25259-311767
  • Manager, Data Engineer at Google LLC
    $255,000
    Mountain ViewWage Level IVDecided Sep 23, 2025I-200-25259-312916
  • Senior Software Engineer, Data Engineering at Chime Financial, Inc.
    $240,000
    San FranciscoWage Level IVDecided Sep 22, 2025I-200-25258-309791

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.