Database Architects Salary in the US
A database architects earns a national median of $139,500 a year (mean $144,440) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #49 of 825.
How much does a database architects earn in the US?
A database architects in the United States earns a median of $139,500 a year (mean $144,440), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 174% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 67,140 people work in this occupation (SOC 15-1243), ranked #49 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$139,500
per year
Mean
$144,440
per year
Employment
67,140
US workers
National rank
#49
of 825 by median
What a database architects earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a database architects (SOC 15-1243) earns a median annual wage of $139,500 and a mean (average) of $144,440. The median is the midpoint — half of database architects earn more and half earn less — and is 174% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a database architects in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for database architects is $139,500, and the mean (average) is $144,440. The median is the midpoint — half of database architects earn more and half earn less.
- How does database architects pay compare to the US average?
- At $139,500, a database architects earns 174% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many database architects are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 67,140 database architects employed nationally (SOC 15-1243), across all industries.
- Where does this database architects salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 15-1243. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 15-1243 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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