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Database Architects · SOC 15-1243

Database Architects Salary in the Des Moines Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area

Figures describe the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Des Moines city limits.

Median annual wage$120,030
Median hourly wage$57.71

Database Architects in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area earned a median of $120,030 per year ($57.71 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $76,320 at the 10th percentile to $153,090 at the 90th. BLS estimates 140 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Database Architects in the Des Moines metro area earn more than $120,030 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $98,330 and $143,160.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$76,320$98,330$120,030$143,160$153,090
Hourly$36.69$47.28$57.71$68.83$73.60

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Des Moines metro areathis metro area
    $120,030
  • Iowastate (IA)
    $124,040
  • United Statesnational
    $139,500

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −3% vs Iowa overall and −14% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$67,630$111,073$154,517$197,960Cheyenne, WY — $67,630Springfield, MO — $81,830Jackson, MS — $97,090Jefferson City, MO — $97,560San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $98,890Columbia, MO — $99,000Chattanooga, TN-GA — $100,260Knoxville, TN — $101,090Lexington-Fayette, KY — $101,540Huntsville, AL — $101,860Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $102,160Fort Wayne, IN — $103,830Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $104,070Charleston, WV — $104,570Rochester, NY — $104,610Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $105,430Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $108,730Oklahoma City, OK — $110,110Asheville, NC — $110,910Syracuse, NY — $110,980Tucson, AZ — $111,510Savannah, GA — $112,660Portland-South Portland, ME — $114,270Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $114,490Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $114,560Anchorage, AK — $117,540Tulsa, OK — $117,690Toledo, OH — $118,800Columbus, GA-AL — $118,880Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $118,980Lincoln, NE — $119,760Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $120,030Eugene-Springfield, OR — $120,210Roanoke, VA — $120,460Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $120,890Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $121,490Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $121,610Utica-Rome, NY — $121,720Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $121,730Albuquerque, NM — $121,790St. Louis, MO-IL — $122,310Charlottesville, VA — $122,780Boise City, ID — $122,810Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $124,080Winston-Salem, NC — $125,530Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $125,890Reading, PA — $126,370Salem, OR — $126,670El Paso, TX — $126,700Colorado Springs, CO — $127,050Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $127,070Cleveland, OH — $127,530Kansas City, MO-KS — $127,590Ann Arbor, MI — $127,990Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $128,100Spartanburg, SC — $128,290Birmingham, AL — $129,030Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $129,100Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $129,640Fresno, CA — $130,290Manchester-Nashua, NH — $131,290Wilmington, NC — $131,470New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $131,540Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $132,040Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $132,150Raleigh-Cary, NC — $132,740Stockton-Lodi, CA — $132,810Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $132,940Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $133,020Akron, OH — $133,150Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $133,290Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $133,500Richmond, VA — $133,770Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $134,010Urban Honolulu, HI — $134,040Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $134,480Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $135,130New Haven, CT — $135,580Columbia, SC — $135,790San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $135,790Columbus, OH — $135,840Baton Rouge, LA — $136,480Omaha, NE-IA — $136,620Jacksonville, FL — $136,640Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $136,990Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $136,990Ogden, UT — $137,870Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $137,980Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $138,870Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $139,100Boulder, CO — $139,160Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $139,500Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $139,960Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $141,170Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $141,220Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $141,770Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $142,070Idaho Falls, ID — $142,170Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $142,490Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $143,410Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $143,540Lancaster, PA — $146,400Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $147,490Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $148,020Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $150,330Worcester, MA — $150,940Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $151,210Pittsburgh, PA — $152,800Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $153,240Peoria, IL — $154,400Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $154,770Madison, WI — $155,160Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $155,740Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $156,100San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $156,800Flint, MI — $157,100North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $157,730Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $159,240Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $160,300Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $160,480Bloomington, IL — $161,430Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $161,650Springfield, MA — $161,730Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $162,640Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $162,870Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $163,350Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $163,590Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $168,390Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $169,310Reno, NV — $170,390San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $175,860San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $197,960

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Des Moines metro area has the 101st-highest published median for this occupation among the 132 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Software Developers$126,460Computer Systems Analysts$102,070Computer User Support Specialists$59,450Computer Occupations, All Other$109,490Data Scientists$103,030Network and Computer Systems Administrators$89,800

Highest-paying metro areas for database architectss · Highest-paying occupations in Des Moines Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.