SOC 15-1243, wage year 2025-26

Database Architects prevailing wage in California

Short answer

In California, the median prevailing wage for database architects across its 28 areas is $47.72 an hour at Level 1 ($99,247 a year) and $93.13 an hour at Level 4 ($193,710 a year). The Level 2 median of $61.70 is 16% above the national median across areas ($53.16). San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is the highest-paying area at $72.63 at Level 2, and Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA the lowest at $49.86.

Every California area for database architects

Area	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
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
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$57.79	$71.04	$84.28	$97.53
Merced, CA	$56.43	$71.00	$85.58	$100.15
Fresno, CA	$55.90	$70.59	$85.28	$99.97
Salinas, CA	$55.89	$70.46	$85.03	$99.60
Vallejo, CA	$56.68	$70.15	$83.61	$97.08
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$50.67	$64.12	$77.56	$91.01
Chico, CA	$48.13	$63.13	$78.13	$93.13
Redding, CA	$48.13	$63.13	$78.13	$93.13
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$43.80	$62.08	$80.36	$98.64
Yuba City, CA	$47.30	$61.33	$75.35	$89.38
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$42.99	$60.99	$78.99	$96.99
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$46.17	$60.36	$74.55	$88.74
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$50.83	$60.01	$69.19	$78.37
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$45.63	$59.35	$73.06	$86.78
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$44.45	$58.66	$72.86	$87.07
Napa, CA	$44.44	$58.40	$72.35	$86.31
Visalia, CA	$39.17	$57.47	$75.76	$94.06
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$41.14	$56.89	$72.64	$88.39
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$40.99	$56.48	$71.98	$87.47
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$42.50	$56.47	$70.44	$84.41
El Centro, CA	$42.49	$56.12	$69.76	$83.39
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	$40.33	$55.55	$70.78	$86.00
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$37.90	$49.86	$61.81	$73.77

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 or a job opening.

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