Database Architect salary

Q: What state pays Database Architects the most?

Rhode Island pays Database Architects the most in the United States, with an average salary of $104,119 per year, or $50.06 per hour.

Q: How do I know if I'm being paid fairly as a Database Architect?

You know if you are being paid fairly as a Database Architect if your pay is close to the average pay for the state you live in. For example, if you live in California you should be paid close to $98,327 per year.

Average database architect salary

$93,654

$45.03 hourly rate

Entry-level database architect salary

$69,000 yearly salary

Updated January 8, 2025

How much does a database architect make?

The average database architect salary in the United States is $93,654. Database architect salaries typically range between $69,000 and $126,000 yearly. The average hourly rate for database architects is $45.03 per hour.

Database architect salary is impacted by location, education, and experience. Database architects earn the highest average salary in Rhode Island.

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Database Architect salary estimates from across the web

Based on the latest salary information compiled by Zippia, Salary.com, Glassdoor, Ziprecruiter, Comparably, Payscale and CareerExplorer, the average salary for a database architect typically falls between $90,052 and $146,048.

zippia

$93,654yearly

glassdoor[1]

$131,656yearly

comparably[2]

$138,396yearly

Salary.com[3]

$117,252yearly

ZipRecruiter[4]

$146,048yearly

payscale[5]

$123,968yearly

CareerExplorer[6]

$90,052yearly

Average database architect salary by state

Highest paying states for database architects

Rank	State	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate
1	Rhode Island	$104,119	$50.06
2	Connecticut	$97,009	$46.64
3	Oregon	$97,382	$46.82
4	Washington	$94,109	$45.24
5	Virginia	$91,159	$43.83
6	Utah	$88,858	$42.72
7	Pennsylvania	$89,999	$43.27
8	District of Columbia	$96,957	$46.61
9	Massachusetts	$93,988	$45.19
10	Maryland	$91,311	$43.90
11	Delaware	$91,689	$44.08
12	California	$98,327	$47.27
13	New Hampshire	$87,660	$42.14
14	Texas	$84,230	$40.50
15	North Carolina	$83,122	$39.96
16	Arizona	$84,474	$40.61
17	Illinois	$85,227	$40.97
18	Georgia	$83,409	$40.10
19	New York	$89,161	$42.87
20	Maine	$86,196	$41.44
21	Montana	$82,883	$39.85
22	Nevada	$81,804	$39.33
23	Ohio	$80,907	$38.90
24	New Jersey	$83,161	$39.98
25	Louisiana	$84,821	$40.78
26	Vermont	$81,954	$39.40
27	Iowa	$82,202	$39.52
28	Hawaii	$91,202	$43.85
29	Alaska	$85,709	$41.21
30	Alabama	$80,908	$38.90
31	Tennessee	$79,430	$38.19
32	Florida	$80,640	$38.77
33	Minnesota	$80,268	$38.59
34	Kentucky	$79,325	$38.14
35	Michigan	$78,430	$37.71
36	South Carolina	$80,272	$38.59
37	Mississippi	$79,887	$38.41
38	Missouri	$77,742	$37.38
39	Wisconsin	$77,989	$37.49
40	Colorado	$78,367	$37.68
41	North Dakota	$70,328	$33.81
42	Arkansas	$74,089	$35.62
43	Idaho	$73,877	$35.52
44	Indiana	$74,491	$35.81
45	Kansas	$74,157	$35.65
46	West Virginia	$74,220	$35.68
47	Nebraska	$73,787	$35.47
48	New Mexico	$74,503	$35.82
49	Wyoming	$68,971	$33.16
50	Oklahoma	$72,943	$35.07
51	South Dakota	$68,917	$33.13

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Highest paying cities for database architects

The highest-paying cities for database architects are San Francisco, CA, Hartford, CT, and Washington, DC.

Rank	City	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate
1	San Francisco, CA	$106,852	$51.37
2	Hartford, CT	$97,107	$46.69
3	Washington, DC	$96,972	$46.62
4	Redmond, WA	$94,763	$45.56
5	Boston, MA	$94,002	$45.19
6	Arlington, VA	$91,993	$44.23
7	Wilmington, DE	$91,790	$44.13
8	New York, NY	$89,326	$42.95
9	Pittsburgh, PA	$88,134	$42.37
10	Chicago, IL	$85,393	$41.05
11	Austin, TX	$84,743	$40.74
12	Phoenix, AZ	$84,627	$40.69
13	Cary, NC	$83,799	$40.29
14	Alpharetta, GA	$83,787	$40.28
15	Jersey City, NJ	$83,281	$40.04
16	Tampa, FL	$81,549	$39.21
17	Las Vegas, NV	$80,883	$38.89
18	Columbus, OH	$80,702	$38.80
19	Saint Louis, MO	$78,659	$37.82
20	Dearborn, MI	$78,615	$37.80

Database Architect salary details

A database architect's salary ranges from $69,000 a year at the 10th percentile to $126,000 at the 90th percentile.

Average Database Architect Salary Graph, Trends, and Summary

What is a database architect's salary?

Percentile	Annual Salary	Monthly Salary	Hourly Rate
90th Percentile	$126,000	$10,500	$61
75th Percentile	$109,000	$9,083	$52
Average	$93,654	$7,805	$45
25th Percentile	$79,000	$6,583	$38
10th Percentile	$69,000	$5,750	$33

Highest paying database architect jobs

The highest paying types of database architects are senior solutions architect, senior oracle database administrator, and solutions architect.

Job Title	Annual Salary	Monthly Salary	Hourly Rate	Job Openings
Database Developer/Database Administrator	$86,335	$7,195	$41.51	130,003
Architect And Developer	$110,970	$9,248	$53.35	316,181
Consultant Database Administrator	$103,322	$8,610	$49.67	78,925
Oracle Database Administrator	$88,410	$7,368	$42.50	60,429
Lead Database Administrator	$114,426	$9,535	$55.01	58,263
SQL Database Administrator	$89,648	$7,471	$43.10	57,645

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Which companies pay database architects the most?

Database architect salaries at Chewy and Avid are the highest-paying according to our most recent salary estimates. In addition, the average database architect salary at companies like Barclays and Amazon are highly competitive.

Rank	Company	Average Salary	Hourly Rate
1	Chewy	$135,798	$65.29
2	Avid	$125,752	$60.46
3	Barclays	$121,325	$58.33
4	Amazon	$120,929	$58.14
5	AbbVie	$120,567	$57.96
6	National Grid plc	$118,320	$56.88
7	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	$117,555	$56.52
8	CoreLogic	$117,152	$56.32
9	Lands' End	$115,118	$55.35
10	Nutanix	$114,478	$55.04
11	Autodesk	$113,061	$54.36
12	C&S Wholesale Grocers	$112,332	$54.01
13	Kaiser Permanente	$107,658	$51.76
14	Sears Holdings	$106,827	$51.36
15	United States Steel	$106,709	$51.30
16	DataStax	$106,023	$50.97
17	iTech US	$105,872	$50.90
18	American Society Radiologic	$105,772	$50.85
19	Citrix	$104,630	$50.30
20	Xerox	$104,219	$50.11

Wage gap by gender, race and education

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Database Architect salary by industry

The average database architect salary varies across industries:

The average database architect salary in the finance industry is $114,088, the highest of any industry.
The average database architect salary in the finance industry is $102,753.
Database architects in the hospitality industry earn an average salary of $65,967, the lowest of any industry.

Highest paying industries for database architects

Rank	Industry	Average Salary	Hourly Rate
1	Finance	$114,088	$54.85
2	Manufacturing	$102,753	$49.40
3	Telecommunication	$92,278	$44.36
4	Technology	$91,598	$44.04
5	Professional	$87,100	$41.88
6	Hospitality	$65,967	$31.71

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Database Architect salary trends

The average database architect salary has risen by $19,760 over the last ten years. In 2014, the average database architect earned $73,894 annually, but today, they earn $93,654 a year. That works out to a 12% change in pay for database architects over the last decade.

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Average database architect salary over time

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Database Architect salary by year

Year	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate	% Change
2025	$93,700	$45.03	+3.3%
2024	$90,600	$43.54	+2.3%
2023	$88,500	$42.56	+3.4%
2022	$85,500	$41.12	+2.4%
2021	$83,500	$40.14	+3.8%

Recently added database architect salaries

Company	Job	Location	Date Added	Salary
NES Associates	Postgresql Database Architect	Arnold, MO	12/13/2024	$111,897
Constellation West	Database Architect	Falls Church, VA	12/12/2024	$110,000
Techcratic	Database Architect	Corning, NY	12/11/2024	$131,685
Prosodel	Oracle Database Architect	Albany, GA	12/10/2024	$165,000
Synergy ECP, LLC	Journeyman Database Architect	Columbia, MD	12/10/2024	$80,000
ECP Incorporated	Journeyman Database Architect	Columbia, MD	12/09/2024	$80,000
General Dynamics	Postgresql Database Architect	Arnold, MO	11/28/2024	$111,897
Resource Informatics Group Inc.	Database Architect	Southlake, TX	11/24/2024	$135,655
Get It Recruit-Information Technology	Database Architect (SME)-Remote \| WFH	Chantilly, VA	10/26/2024	$106,765
Get It Recruit-Information Technology	Database Architect-Remote \| WFH	Southlake, TX	10/26/2024	$125,220

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