Database Architects Salary
Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Database Architects positions across the United States.
Median Annual Salary
$135,980
National average
Salary Range
$81,630 – $209,990
10th–90th percentile
Data Year
2024
Source: BLS
Database Architects Salary by City
| Location | Median Salary | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $188,120 | $124,840 | $226,380 |
| Boulder, CO | $174,880 | $97,620 | N/A |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $170,960 | $101,130 | N/A |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $170,700 | $111,930 | N/A |
| Tulsa, OK | $167,760 | $71,230 | $180,100 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $166,210 | $124,990 | N/A |
| Waterbury-Shelton, CT | $163,730 | $114,910 | $226,490 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $162,310 | $111,650 | $209,930 |
| Massachusetts | $161,160 | $108,500 | $209,050 |
| California | $159,130 | $89,080 | $226,340 |
| Madison, WI | $158,140 | $119,980 | $188,820 |
| West Virginia | $157,590 | $63,270 | $181,960 |
| District of Columbia | $157,080 | $105,680 | $218,080 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $155,880 | $98,880 | $213,000 |
| Boise City, ID | $155,660 | $79,130 | $190,870 |
| Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $155,160 | $122,960 | $198,060 |
| Maine | $154,790 | $80,900 | $155,930 |
| Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area | $154,790 | $154,790 | $154,790 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $154,150 | $97,490 | $199,920 |
| Springfield, MA | $151,790 | $108,500 | $171,760 |
| New Haven, CT | $151,530 | $104,020 | $184,030 |
| Colorado | $151,460 | $97,210 | $223,890 |
| Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $150,760 | $88,550 | $170,340 |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $150,210 | $98,160 | $200,120 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $149,910 | $112,800 | $177,270 |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | $149,500 | $96,210 | $178,210 |
| Hawaii | $149,500 | $96,210 | $182,010 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | $148,960 | $92,500 | $223,890 |
| Connecticut | $147,400 | $105,510 | $195,060 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $147,400 | $107,740 | $178,890 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $147,370 | $103,450 | $220,490 |
| Delaware | $146,430 | $110,380 | $197,970 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $145,300 | $66,190 | $201,320 |
| Washington | $144,050 | $90,580 | $205,830 |
| New Jersey | $143,900 | $88,550 | $208,360 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $143,260 | $90,260 | $195,380 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $143,110 | $89,660 | $190,500 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $142,660 | $99,150 | $177,730 |
| Maryland | $140,710 | $80,330 | $198,350 |
| Reno, NV | $140,670 | $47,720 | $210,140 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | $140,570 | $76,310 | $201,700 |
| Oregon | $139,660 | $97,840 | $195,380 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $139,010 | $88,340 | $212,330 |
| Wisconsin | $138,930 | $101,240 | $177,720 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | $138,760 | $72,140 | $190,780 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $138,480 | $84,820 | $176,830 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $138,010 | $98,280 | $188,280 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $137,990 | $79,400 | $204,170 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $137,570 | $60,140 | $179,930 |
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | $137,570 | $85,000 | $212,210 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $137,290 | $84,150 | $210,130 |
| Worcester, MA | $137,100 | $94,020 | $174,970 |
| Bloomington, IL | $136,730 | $111,420 | $171,000 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $136,640 | $82,250 | $215,240 |
| Rhode Island | $136,510 | $98,790 | $220,490 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $135,860 | $74,980 | $180,040 |
| Greeley, CO | $135,780 | $86,310 | $165,050 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $135,730 | $79,990 | $176,010 |
| Georgia | $135,280 | $95,600 | $181,880 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $135,280 | $100,730 | $181,880 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $134,900 | $80,770 | $197,400 |
| Toledo, OH | $134,790 | $78,560 | $160,410 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $134,790 | $78,830 | $208,000 |
| Illinois | $134,490 | $82,350 | $188,570 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $133,930 | $83,200 | $208,690 |
| Texas | $133,800 | $78,500 | $180,800 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $133,790 | $92,780 | $165,200 |
| Lancaster, PA | $133,490 | $68,620 | $166,290 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | $133,290 | $90,040 | $172,600 |
| Indiana | $133,150 | $82,660 | $165,520 |
| Florida | $133,040 | $78,520 | $201,700 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $132,880 | $97,620 | $164,350 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $132,750 | $64,870 | $192,820 |
| Birmingham, AL | $132,700 | $80,510 | $168,730 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $132,620 | $85,920 | $191,880 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | $132,450 | $99,010 | $164,610 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $132,410 | $87,130 | $186,620 |
| Oklahoma | $132,360 | $70,610 | $180,100 |
| Nebraska | $132,320 | $89,970 | $169,420 |
| Columbus, OH | $132,310 | $85,010 | $175,300 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $132,070 | $73,900 | $216,270 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $131,900 | $83,450 | $160,230 |
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $131,550 | $91,000 | $194,300 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $131,470 | $82,210 | $176,020 |
| Iowa | $131,370 | $83,050 | $165,030 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $130,640 | $75,930 | $183,110 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $130,630 | $76,470 | $206,460 |
| Arizona | $130,620 | $79,010 | $182,540 |
| Jacksonville, FL | $130,620 | $82,980 | $200,760 |
| Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | $130,590 | $95,210 | $173,380 |
| North Carolina | $130,560 | $78,420 | $171,500 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $130,560 | $82,480 | $171,460 |
| Minnesota | $130,420 | $90,560 | $163,540 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $130,400 | $84,680 | $168,550 |
| Nevada | $130,360 | $46,210 | $204,840 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $129,940 | $70,910 | $167,570 |
| Ohio | $129,840 | $86,070 | $173,810 |
| Kennewick-Richland, WA | $129,830 | $91,230 | $192,050 |
| Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $129,610 | $120,370 | $159,920 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $129,440 | $74,380 | $161,070 |
| Akron, OH | $129,120 | $83,490 | $168,360 |
| Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $129,100 | $78,820 | $178,240 |
| Kansas | $129,060 | $82,280 | $159,970 |
| Pennsylvania | $129,040 | $74,260 | $177,980 |
| Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $129,030 | $81,590 | $215,130 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | $129,000 | $66,200 | $171,270 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $128,650 | $77,650 | $178,080 |
| Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $128,510 | $67,410 | $150,940 |
| South Carolina | $128,440 | $77,230 | $177,860 |
| Tennessee | $128,440 | $70,770 | $171,430 |
| Roanoke, VA | $128,330 | $65,050 | $149,630 |
| New York | $128,270 | $78,910 | $205,830 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $128,250 | $64,290 | $183,250 |
| Richmond, VA | $128,070 | $89,560 | $172,550 |
| Utah | $127,770 | $88,780 | $189,990 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $127,480 | $89,510 | $171,260 |
| South Dakota | $127,460 | $97,620 | $140,780 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | $126,930 | $65,470 | $165,540 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $126,640 | $46,210 | $169,230 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $126,410 | $70,340 | $174,470 |
| Idaho Falls, ID | $126,330 | $60,850 | $192,630 |
| Ogden, UT | $126,220 | $69,990 | $196,190 |
| Idaho | $126,030 | $79,130 | $182,170 |
| Charlottesville, VA | $125,360 | $88,720 | $192,340 |
| Reading, PA | $124,390 | $70,230 | $176,760 |
| El Paso, TX | $123,990 | $72,840 | $156,370 |
| Salem, OR | $123,630 | $101,200 | $170,660 |
| Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $123,390 | $72,380 | $177,130 |
| Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | $122,970 | $77,600 | $174,640 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | $122,940 | $80,800 | $166,440 |
| West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $122,610 | $98,870 | $163,380 |
| York-Hanover, PA | $122,510 | $47,610 | $154,120 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | $122,290 | $65,000 | $169,690 |
| Cleveland, OH | $122,050 | $84,990 | $179,350 |
| Columbia, SC | $121,880 | $78,020 | $176,680 |
| Portland-South Portland, ME | $121,310 | $79,840 | $169,440 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $121,010 | $60,910 | $160,200 |
| Albuquerque, NM | $120,970 | $79,840 | $160,710 |
| Michigan | $120,810 | $70,910 | $167,120 |
| New Mexico | $120,120 | $68,620 | $155,140 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | $119,590 | $100,590 | $163,630 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $118,790 | $72,100 | $160,960 |
| Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $118,470 | $62,760 | $157,490 |
| Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $118,460 | $71,990 | $140,370 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $117,370 | $58,080 | $165,290 |
| Wichita, KS | $117,260 | $66,780 | $145,650 |
| Wilmington, NC | $117,130 | $68,750 | $174,690 |
| Montana | $116,250 | $76,850 | $182,420 |
| North Dakota | $116,120 | $98,870 | $127,980 |
| Knoxville, TN | $115,830 | $59,940 | $158,450 |
| Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | $114,380 | $69,380 | $169,070 |
| Alaska | $113,800 | $66,260 | $174,800 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | $113,270 | $38,810 | $165,980 |
| Huntsville, AL | $112,680 | $76,200 | $177,460 |
| Rochester, NY | $112,050 | $58,740 | $189,530 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $111,750 | $64,540 | $169,290 |
| Alabama | $111,330 | $74,410 | $174,490 |
| Columbia, MO | $110,540 | $58,510 | $160,570 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | $110,090 | $73,300 | $137,020 |
| Lincoln, NE | $108,830 | $65,860 | $151,070 |
| Missouri | $108,820 | $61,920 | $165,710 |
| Charleston, WV | $108,150 | $59,820 | $165,980 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $106,800 | $64,680 | $160,870 |
| Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $105,780 | $78,640 | $164,280 |
| Syracuse, NY | $105,050 | $67,590 | $158,470 |
| Asheville, NC | $104,000 | $61,350 | $168,920 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | $103,740 | $51,070 | $171,150 |
| Kentucky | $102,560 | $56,960 | $165,290 |
| Arkansas | $101,000 | $64,420 | $164,140 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | $101,000 | $79,310 | $140,460 |
| Tucson, AZ | $100,450 | $79,010 | $154,820 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $100,230 | $76,990 | $169,870 |
| Springfield, MO | $100,190 | $60,250 | $155,130 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | $98,550 | $69,290 | $137,280 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | $97,620 | $53,770 | $162,250 |
| Mississippi | $90,980 | $47,690 | $133,350 |
| Jackson, MS | $85,490 | $59,180 | $141,660 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | $84,580 | $54,890 | $140,130 |
| Jefferson City, MO | $82,800 | $49,460 | $158,990 |
| Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $78,710 | $29,730 | $153,560 |
| San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | $77,300 | $51,180 | $105,890 |
| Puerto Rico | $77,300 | $51,180 | $105,890 |
| Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $63,820 | $63,820 | $159,070 |
| Wyoming | $62,760 | $52,830 | $77,390 |
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a Database Architects make?▾
The median annual salary for a Database Architects is $135,980, with a typical range of $81,630 – $209,990 depending on experience, location, and employer.
What is the starting salary for a Database Architects?▾
Entry-level Database Architects positions typically start around $81,630 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.
Where do Database Architectss earn the most?▾
Database Architectss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.