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SOC 15-1243, wage year 2025-26

Database Architects prevailing wage by area

Short answer

Across 530 US areas, the median Level 1 prevailing wage for database architects is $42.92 an hour ($89,274 a year) and the median Level 4 wage is $72.73 an hour ($151,278 a year). Pick an area below for all four levels.

Ten highest Level 2 wages

AreaLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$61.83$74.97$88.10$101.24
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$61.43$74.62$87.80$100.99
Lexington Park, MD$59.20$72.75$86.29$99.84
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$59.85$72.63$85.40$98.18
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$57.55$72.14$86.73$101.32
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$58.52$72.12$85.72$99.32
Modesto, CA$58.13$71.80$85.47$99.14
Stockton-Lodi, CA$57.41$71.18$84.94$98.71
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$69.55$71.17$72.80$74.42
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$57.79$71.04$84.28$97.53

Hourly dollars. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC), prevailing wage data, wage year 2025-26. An LCA is not an H-1B approval and not a job opening.

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