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Highest-paying Cities for Database Architects

The top 100 highest paying cities for database architects (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of database architects in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $183,850, Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas is the highest paying city for database architects. It is followed by Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington (average annual salary $175,760). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of database architects in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Database Architects

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$183,850	$110,350	2,440
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$175,760	$103,720	2,740
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$175,700	$103,910	840
4	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$175,330	$89,980	5,980
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$169,610	$93,610	1,330
6	Salt Lake City, Utah	$156,000	$130,600	340
7	Boulder, Colorado	$155,080	$95,740	250
8	Bellingham, Washington	$152,320	$95,820	40
9	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$148,680	$98,050	2,750
10	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$147,990	$86,290	60

11	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$146,810	$82,610	390
12	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$146,270	$71,780	200
13	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$144,900	$83,000	2,570
14	Charlottesville, Virginia	$142,920	$79,990	70
15	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$142,780	$90,420	110
16	Springfield, Massachusetts	$142,630	$60,380	50
17	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$141,440	$88,480	1,320
18	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$141,200	$82,850	3,980
19	New Haven, Connecticut	$140,540	$64,190	40
20	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$139,770	$61,480	150
21	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$139,470	$80,610	160
22	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$138,600	$77,350	40
23	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$137,780	$87,970	30
24	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$136,680	$80,070	1,180
25	Provo-Orem, Utah	$136,040	$64,740	70
26	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$135,860	$79,130	1,240
27	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$135,650	$82,110	100
28	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$135,250	$92,500	460
29	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$134,990	$61,730	400
30	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$134,870	$82,070	500
31	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$134,170	$81,130	830
32	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$134,010	$81,720	30
33	Kansas City, Missouri	$133,740	$68,210	340
34	Richmond, Virginia	$133,250	$80,160	650
35	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$132,360	$103,840	3,880
36	Columbus, Georgia	$132,320	$76,850	40
37	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$132,280	$87,880	50
38	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$131,910	$65,310	30
39	Worcester, Massachusetts	$131,390	$70,720	90
40	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$130,660	$75,830	320
41	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$130,370	$80,310	30
42	Madison, Wisconsin	$130,000	$85,020	280
43	Wilmington, North Carolina	$129,790	$74,980	60
44	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$129,420	$85,440	290
45	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$129,160	$63,310	1,260
46	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$129,140	$68,640	250
47	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$128,940	$93,060	50
48	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$128,390	$81,530	140
49	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$127,490	$69,260	50
50	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$127,460	$88,060	380
51	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$127,360	$83,290	1,200
52	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$127,240	$75,410	40
53	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$126,990	$86,460	480
54	Manchester, New Hampshire	$126,430	$80,860	60
55	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$125,990	$48,110	970
56	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$125,820	$84,890	140
57	Columbus, Ohio	$125,510	$74,330	340
58	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$125,190	$86,830	170
59	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$125,170	$59,390	170
60	Jacksonville, Florida	$125,000	$63,600	150
61	Rochester, New York	$124,740	$68,760	120
62	Huntsville, Alabama	$124,180	$69,760	70
63	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$123,550	$69,060	310
64	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$122,530	$53,680	150
65	Knoxville, Tennessee	$121,950	$54,420	40
66	Spokane, Washington	$121,930	$74,460	70
67	El Paso, Texas	$121,810	$69,010	30
68	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$121,230	$73,840	100
69	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$120,870	$66,060	360
70	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$120,620	$91,640	60
71	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$120,410	$65,000	150
72	Savannah, Georgia	$120,220	$103,320	30
73	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$120,050	$84,990	150
74	Columbia, South Carolina	$119,160	$71,050	120
75	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$119,080	$70,720	340
76	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$118,810	$51,290	40
77	St Louis, Missouri	$118,410	$49,750	680
78	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$118,040	$77,980	310
79	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$117,890	$77,590	80
80	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$117,800	$67,810	190
81	Olympia, Washington	$117,790	$102,460	160
82	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$116,840	$68,780	390
83	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$116,540	$86,530	410
84	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$115,770	$44,550	500
85	Akron, Ohio	$115,000	$72,440	80
86	Memphis, Tennessee	$114,440	$42,660	70
87	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$114,100	$74,510	160
88	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$113,750	$74,050	320
89	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$113,030	$80,080	130
90	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$112,720	$56,540	140
91	Dayton, Ohio	$112,660	$75,120	60
92	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$111,890	$58,460	100
93	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$110,910	$66,280	130
94	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$110,890	$66,380	50
95	Anchorage, Alaska	$110,770	$60,880	40
96	Greeley, Colorado	$110,730	$86,170	40
97	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$110,030	$55,690	90
98	Jackson, Mississippi	$109,870	$64,270	30
99	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$108,340	$74,040	80
100	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$107,700	$69,270	50