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Database Architects · SOC 15-1243

Database Architects Salary in the San Jose Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Jose city limits.

Median annual wage$197,960
Median hourly wage$95.17

Database Architects in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area earned a median of $197,960 per year ($95.17 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $128,890 at the 10th percentile to $263,770 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,120 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Database Architects in the San Jose metro area earn more than $197,960 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $141,000 and $217,670.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$128,890$141,000$197,960$217,670$263,770
Hourly$61.96$67.79$95.17$104.65$126.81

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

  • San Jose metro areathis metro area
    $197,960
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $170,160
  • United Statesnational
    $139,500

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

The median here is +16% vs California overall and +42% 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 San Jose metro area has the 1st-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”.

Other metro areas in California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for database architects, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Jose metro areathis page
    $197,960
  • San Francisco metro area
    $175,860
  • Sacramento metro area
    $169,310
  • Oxnard metro area
    $168,390
  • Santa Maria metro area
    $159,240
  • San Diego metro area
    $156,800
  • Los Angeles metro area
    $155,740

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

Keep exploring

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

Software Developers$213,110Computer Occupations, All Other$184,430Computer Systems Analysts$157,140Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$166,530Data Scientists$185,080Computer User Support Specialists$93,590

Highest-paying metro areas for database architectss · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose 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.