Database Architects in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$114,460
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$41,640
26.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$113,209
Arizona costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Arizona — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$156,100
Kept after tax
$114,460
Worth in national money
$113,209
State rank
4
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Arizona pays database architects a middle wage of $156,100, ranking 4 of 46 states and sitting about 11.9% above the national middle.
- Within Arizona this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, database architects ranks 8 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $156,100 the take-home is $114,460, which is worth about $113,209 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $144,610, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Arizona's median for database architects is $156,100, about 11.9% above the national figure and 4 of 46 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Arizona publishes a median for, database architects sits 8 of 491 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Arizona's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for database architects on its $156,100 median: $114,460 retained after tax becomes $113,209 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $144,610 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Database Architects
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $99,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $156,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $189,190 |
| This salary | $156,100 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Arizona | $114,460 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $117,960 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,180 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $150,979 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,630 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Arizona earn less than $156,100. The published range is $99,730 up to $189,190, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Arizona the take-home figure of $114,460, from $156,100, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 8 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $113,209, the adjusted value of that $156,100 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Arizona. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 8 of 491 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for database architects in Arizona the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $99,730 to $189,190. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Arizona is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $114,460 from $156,100. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 8 of 491 locally.
- This $113,209 adjusted figure, worked from $156,100, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 8 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 8 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $144,610, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $99,730 at the tenth percentile, $189,190 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $113,209 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Arizona adds its own income tax on top — which is why $114,460 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Arizona is $144,610. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($99,730 to $189,190) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Arizona rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Arizona's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $113,209 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $114,460 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Arizona income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.