Database Architects in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$105,808
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$32,512
23.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$102,277
Florida costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Florida — 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
$138,320
Kept after tax
$105,808
Worth in national money
$102,277
State rank
16
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Florida is 16 of 46 states for database architects, with a middle wage of $138,320. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Florida reports, database architects comes in at 11 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $138,320 the take-home is $105,808. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $102,277 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $142,270, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida ranks 16 of 46 for database architects at $138,320. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Database architects ranks 11 of 493 occupations by median in Florida, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $105,808 for database architects, from $138,320. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $102,277. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $142,270 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Database Architects
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $85,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $138,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $206,410 |
| This salary | $138,320 |
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 Florida | $105,808 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $105,808 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,607 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $138,320 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,393 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $138,320 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $85,880 and the ninetieth is $206,410 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $105,808, from $138,320, 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 11 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Florida, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $102,277, the adjusted value of that $138,320 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 11 of 493 in the state.
- The Florida median of $138,320 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $85,880 to $206,410. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Florida is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $105,808 from $138,320. 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 11 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $102,277 — the adjusted value of that $138,320 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 11 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $85,880 at the bottom tenth to $206,410 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $102,277 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $105,808 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($85,880) and the ninetieth ($206,410) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Florida's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $102,277 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Florida levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $105,808 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.