15 Series · SOC 15-1243
Database Architects
National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)
Median Salary
$135,980
per year
Median Hourly
$65.37/hr
per hour
Mean Salary
$142,620
average
Employment
64,770
jobs nationwide
Salary Range
Annual Salary Distribution
Hourly Rate Distribution
10th Percentile
$81,630
25th Percentile
$107,900
Median
$135,980
75th Percentile
$169,480
90th Percentile
$209,990
Salary by State
Highest Paying States
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| # | State | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts | $161,160 | +19% above national |
| 2 | California | $159,130 | +17% above national |
| 3 | West Virginia | $157,590 | +16% above national |
| 4 | District of Columbia | $157,080 | +16% above national |
| 5 | Maine | $154,790 | +14% above national |
| 6 | Colorado | $151,460 | +11% above national |
| 7 | Hawaii | $149,500 | +10% above national |
| 8 | Connecticut | $147,400 | +8% above national |
| 9 | Delaware | $146,430 | +8% above national |
| 10 | Washington | $144,050 | +6% above national |
| 11 | New Jersey | $143,900 | +6% above national |
| 12 | Maryland | $140,710 | +3% above national |
| 13 | Oregon | $139,660 | +3% above national |
| 14 | Wisconsin | $138,930 | +2% above national |
| 15 | Rhode Island | $136,510 | same as national |
| 16 | Georgia | $135,280 | 1% below national |
| 17 | Illinois | $134,490 | 1% below national |
| 18 | Texas | $133,800 | 2% below national |
| 19 | Indiana | $133,150 | 2% below national |
| 20 | Florida | $133,040 | 2% below national |
| 21 | Oklahoma | $132,360 | 3% below national |
| 22 | Nebraska | $132,320 | 3% below national |
| 23 | Iowa | $131,370 | 3% below national |
| 24 | Arizona | $130,620 | 4% below national |
| 25 | North Carolina | $130,560 | 4% below national |
| 26 | Minnesota | $130,420 | 4% below national |
| 27 | Nevada | $130,360 | 4% below national |
| 28 | Ohio | $129,840 | 5% below national |
| 29 | Kansas | $129,060 | 5% below national |
| 30 | Pennsylvania | $129,040 | 5% below national |
| 31 | South Carolina | $128,440 | 6% below national |
| 32 | Tennessee | $128,440 | 6% below national |
| 33 | New York | $128,270 | 6% below national |
| 34 | Utah | $127,770 | 6% below national |
| 35 | South Dakota | $127,460 | 6% below national |
| 36 | Idaho | $126,030 | 7% below national |
| 37 | Michigan | $120,810 | 11% below national |
| 38 | New Mexico | $120,120 | 12% below national |
| 39 | Montana | $116,250 | 15% below national |
| 40 | North Dakota | $116,120 | 15% below national |
| 41 | Alaska | $113,800 | 16% below national |
| 42 | Alabama | $111,330 | 18% below national |
| 43 | Missouri | $108,820 | 20% below national |
| 44 | Kentucky | $102,560 | 25% below national |
| 45 | Arkansas | $101,000 | 26% below national |
| 46 | Mississippi | $90,980 | 33% below national |
| 47 | Puerto Rico | $77,300 | 43% below national |
| 48 | Wyoming | $62,760 | 54% below national |
Salary by Metro Area
Highest Paying Metros
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| # | Metro Area | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $188,120 | +38% above national |
| 2 | Boulder, CO | $174,880 | +29% above national |
| 3 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $170,960 | +26% above national |
| 4 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $170,700 | +26% above national |
| 5 | Tulsa, OK | $167,760 | +23% above national |
| 6 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $166,210 | +22% above national |
| 7 | Waterbury-Shelton, CT | $163,730 | +20% above national |
| 8 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $162,310 | +19% above national |
| 9 | Madison, WI | $158,140 | +16% above national |
| 10 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $155,880 | +15% above national |
| 11 | Boise City, ID | $155,660 | +14% above national |
| 12 | Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $155,160 | +14% above national |
| 13 | Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area | $154,790 | +14% above national |
| 14 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $154,150 | +13% above national |
| 15 | Springfield, MA | $151,790 | +12% above national |
| 16 | New Haven, CT | $151,530 | +11% above national |
| 17 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $150,760 | +11% above national |
| 18 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $150,210 | +10% above national |
| 19 | Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $149,910 | +10% above national |
| 20 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $149,500 | +10% above national |
| 21 | Colorado Springs, CO | $148,960 | +10% above national |
| 22 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $147,400 | +8% above national |
| 23 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $147,370 | +8% above national |
| 24 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $145,300 | +7% above national |
| 25 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $143,260 | +5% above national |
| 26 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $143,110 | +5% above national |
| 27 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $142,660 | +5% above national |
| 28 | Reno, NV | $140,670 | +3% above national |
| 29 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | $140,570 | +3% above national |
| 30 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $139,010 | +2% above national |
| 31 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | $138,760 | +2% above national |
| 32 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $138,480 | +2% above national |
| 33 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $138,010 | +1% above national |
| 34 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $137,990 | +1% above national |
| 35 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $137,570 | +1% above national |
| 36 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | $137,570 | +1% above national |
| 37 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $137,290 | +1% above national |
| 38 | Worcester, MA | $137,100 | +1% above national |
| 39 | Bloomington, IL | $136,730 | +1% above national |
| 40 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $136,640 | same as national |
| 41 | Oklahoma City, OK | $135,860 | same as national |
| 42 | Greeley, CO | $135,780 | same as national |
| 43 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $135,730 | same as national |
| 44 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $135,280 | 1% below national |
| 45 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $134,900 | 1% below national |
| 46 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $134,790 | 1% below national |
| 47 | Toledo, OH | $134,790 | 1% below national |
| 48 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $133,930 | 2% below national |
| 49 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $133,790 | 2% below national |
| 50 | Lancaster, PA | $133,490 | 2% below national |
| 51 | Omaha, NE-IA | $133,290 | 2% below national |
| 52 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $132,880 | 2% below national |
| 53 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $132,750 | 2% below national |
| 54 | Birmingham, AL | $132,700 | 2% below national |
| 55 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $132,620 | 2% below national |
| 56 | Baton Rouge, LA | $132,450 | 3% below national |
| 57 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $132,410 | 3% below national |
| 58 | Columbus, OH | $132,310 | 3% below national |
| 59 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $132,070 | 3% below national |
| 60 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $131,900 | 3% below national |
| 61 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $131,550 | 3% below national |
| 62 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $131,470 | 3% below national |
| 63 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $130,640 | 4% below national |
| 64 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $130,630 | 4% below national |
| 65 | Jacksonville, FL | $130,620 | 4% below national |
| 66 | Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | $130,590 | 4% below national |
| 67 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $130,560 | 4% below national |
| 68 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $130,400 | 4% below national |
| 69 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $129,940 | 4% below national |
| 70 | Kennewick-Richland, WA | $129,830 | 5% below national |
| 71 | Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $129,610 | 5% below national |
| 72 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $129,440 | 5% below national |
| 73 | Akron, OH | $129,120 | 5% below national |
| 74 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $129,100 | 5% below national |
| 75 | Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $129,030 | 5% below national |
| 76 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | $129,000 | 5% below national |
| 77 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $128,650 | 5% below national |
| 78 | Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $128,510 | 5% below national |
| 79 | Roanoke, VA | $128,330 | 6% below national |
| 80 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $128,250 | 6% below national |
| 81 | Richmond, VA | $128,070 | 6% below national |
| 82 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $127,480 | 6% below national |
| 83 | Kansas City, MO-KS | $126,930 | 7% below national |
| 84 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $126,640 | 7% below national |
| 85 | Pittsburgh, PA | $126,410 | 7% below national |
| 86 | Idaho Falls, ID | $126,330 | 7% below national |
| 87 | Ogden, UT | $126,220 | 7% below national |
| 88 | Charlottesville, VA | $125,360 | 8% below national |
| 89 | Reading, PA | $124,390 | 9% below national |
| 90 | El Paso, TX | $123,990 | 9% below national |
| 91 | Salem, OR | $123,630 | 9% below national |
| 92 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $123,390 | 9% below national |
| 93 | Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | $122,970 | 10% below national |
| 94 | Winston-Salem, NC | $122,940 | 10% below national |
| 95 | West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $122,610 | 10% below national |
| 96 | York-Hanover, PA | $122,510 | 10% below national |
| 97 | St. Louis, MO-IL | $122,290 | 10% below national |
| 98 | Cleveland, OH | $122,050 | 10% below national |
| 99 | Columbia, SC | $121,880 | 10% below national |
| 100 | Portland-South Portland, ME | $121,310 | 11% below national |
| 101 | Ann Arbor, MI | $121,010 | 11% below national |
| 102 | Albuquerque, NM | $120,970 | 11% below national |
| 103 | Columbus, GA-AL | $119,590 | 12% below national |
| 104 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $118,790 | 13% below national |
| 105 | Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $118,470 | 13% below national |
| 106 | Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $118,460 | 13% below national |
| 107 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $117,370 | 14% below national |
| 108 | Wichita, KS | $117,260 | 14% below national |
| 109 | Wilmington, NC | $117,130 | 14% below national |
| 110 | Knoxville, TN | $115,830 | 15% below national |
| 111 | Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | $114,380 | 16% below national |
| 112 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | $113,270 | 17% below national |
| 113 | Huntsville, AL | $112,680 | 17% below national |
| 114 | Rochester, NY | $112,050 | 18% below national |
| 115 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $111,750 | 18% below national |
| 116 | Columbia, MO | $110,540 | 19% below national |
| 117 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | $110,090 | 19% below national |
| 118 | Lincoln, NE | $108,830 | 20% below national |
| 119 | Charleston, WV | $108,150 | 20% below national |
| 120 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $106,800 | 21% below national |
| 121 | Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $105,780 | 22% below national |
| 122 | Syracuse, NY | $105,050 | 23% below national |
| 123 | Asheville, NC | $104,000 | 24% below national |
| 124 | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | $103,740 | 24% below national |
| 125 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | $101,000 | 26% below national |
| 126 | Tucson, AZ | $100,450 | 26% below national |
| 127 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $100,230 | 26% below national |
| 128 | Springfield, MO | $100,190 | 26% below national |
| 129 | Fort Wayne, IN | $98,550 | 28% below national |
| 130 | Lansing-East Lansing, MI | $97,620 | 28% below national |
| 131 | Jackson, MS | $85,490 | 37% below national |
| 132 | Lexington-Fayette, KY | $84,580 | 38% below national |
| 133 | Jefferson City, MO | $82,800 | 39% below national |
| 134 | Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $78,710 | 42% below national |
| 135 | San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | $77,300 | 43% below national |
| 136 | Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $63,820 | 53% below national |
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