Database Architects salary
The median pay for database architects in the United States is $139,500 a year. About 67,140 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $86,240
- 25th percentile
- $109,370
- Median percentile
- $139,500
- 75th percentile
- $169,290
- 90th percentile
- $204,000
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- California $170,160
- Massachusetts $161,650
- Virginia $160,360
- Arizona $156,100
- Colorado $154,560
- Texas $151,370
- District of Columbia $150,010
- Connecticut $144,460
- Illinois $142,500
- New York $141,350
- Rhode Island $140,320
- Nevada $140,200
- New Hampshire $139,990
- Georgia $139,500
- Florida $138,320
- Oregon $138,250
- Wisconsin $137,810
- South Dakota $136,540
- North Carolina $134,630
- Nebraska $134,320
- Hawaii $134,040
- Maine $133,120
- Minnesota $133,050
- Maryland $132,940
- Ohio $132,910
- Indiana $132,830
- Utah $131,740
- Michigan $131,000
- South Carolina $130,000
- Kansas $129,990
- Washington $128,760
- Kentucky $125,400
- Iowa $124,040
- Idaho $121,380
- New Jersey $120,790
- New Mexico $117,950
- Tennessee $115,170
- Alaska $112,500
- Missouri $110,570
- Oklahoma $110,110
- North Dakota $109,430
- Alabama $105,450
- Arkansas $104,070
- Mississippi $98,420
By metro area
- San Jose, CA $197,960
- San Francisco, CA $175,860
- Reno, NV $170,390
- Sacramento, CA $169,310
- Oxnard, CA $168,390
- Philadelphia, PA $163,590
- Bridgeport, CT $163,350
- Washington, DC $162,870
- Denver, CO $162,640
- Springfield, MA $161,730
- Boston, MA $161,650
- Bloomington, IL $161,430
- Allentown, PA $160,300
- Santa Maria, CA $159,240
- North Port, FL $157,730
- Flint, MI $157,100
- San Diego, CA $156,800
- Phoenix, AZ $156,100
- Los Angeles, CA $155,740
- Madison, WI $155,160
- Dallas, TX $154,770
- Peoria, IL $154,400
- Pittsburgh, PA $152,800
- Harrisburg, PA $151,210
- Worcester, MA $150,940
- Palm Bay, FL $150,330
- Milwaukee, WI $148,020
- Chicago, IL $147,490
- Lancaster, PA $146,400
- Orlando, FL $143,540
- Portland, OR $143,410
- Spokane, WA $142,490
- Idaho Falls, ID $142,170
- Providence, RI $142,070
- Durham, NC $141,770
- Trenton, NJ $141,220
- Miami, FL $141,170
- Austin, TX $139,960
- Atlanta, GA $139,500
- Boulder, CO $139,160
- Houston, TX $139,100
- Charlotte, NC $138,870
- Hartford, CT $137,980
- Ogden, UT $137,870
- Indianapolis, IN $136,990
- Salt Lake City, UT $136,990
- Jacksonville, FL $136,640
- Omaha, NE $136,620
- Baton Rouge, LA $136,480
- Columbus, OH $135,840
- Columbia, SC $135,790
- San Antonio, TX $135,790
- Virginia Beach, VA $135,130
- Cincinnati, OH $134,480
- Urban Honolulu, HI $134,040
- Minneapolis, MN $134,010
- Richmond, VA $133,770
- Olympia, WA $133,500
- Tampa, FL $133,290
- Akron, OH $133,150
- Fort Collins, CO $133,020
- Baltimore, MD $132,940
- Stockton, CA $132,810
- Raleigh, NC $132,740
- Riverside, CA $132,150
- Detroit, MI $132,040
- New York, NY $131,540
- Wilmington, NC $131,470
- Manchester, NH $131,290
- Fresno, CA $130,290
- Charleston, SC $129,640
- Dayton, OH $129,100
- Birmingham, AL $129,030
- Spartanburg, SC $128,290
- Buffalo, NY $128,100
- Ann Arbor, MI $127,990
- Kansas City, MO $127,590
- Cleveland, OH $127,530
- Provo, UT $127,070
- Colorado Springs, CO $127,050
- El Paso, TX $126,700
- Salem, OR $126,670
- Reading, PA $126,370
- Louisville/Jefferson County, KY $125,890
- Winston, NC $125,530
- Memphis, TN $124,080
- Boise City, ID $122,810
- Charlottesville, VA $122,780
- St. Louis, MO $122,310
- Albuquerque, NM $121,790
- Nashville, TN $121,730
- Utica, NY $121,720
- Greenville, SC $121,610
- Little Rock, AR $121,490
- Scranton, PA $120,890
- Roanoke, VA $120,460
- Eugene, OR $120,210
- Des Moines, IA $120,030
- Lincoln, NE $119,760
- Grand Rapids, MI $118,980
- Columbus, GA $118,880
- Toledo, OH $118,800
- Tulsa, OK $117,690
- Anchorage, AK $117,540
- Kiryas Joel, NY $114,560
- Augusta, GA $114,490
- Portland, ME $114,270
- Tucson, AZ $111,510
- Syracuse, NY $110,980
- Asheville, NC $110,910
- Oklahoma City, OK $110,110
- Albany, NY $108,730
- Seattle, WA $105,430
- Rochester, NY $104,610
- Charleston, WV $104,570
- Fayetteville, AR $104,070
- Fort Wayne, IN $103,830
- Lansing, MI $102,160
- Huntsville, AL $101,860
- Lexington, KY $101,540