Database Architects in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$100,196
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$41,154
29.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$93,097
New York costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New York — 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
$141,350
Kept after tax
$100,196
Worth in national money
$93,097
State rank
11
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for database architects is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $141,350, putting the state 11 of 46 — about 1.33% ahead of the national figure.
- Within New York this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, database architects ranks 31 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $141,350 the take-home is $100,196. But New York costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $93,097 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $145,180, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For database architects, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $141,350, ranking 11 of 46 and running about 1.33% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation New York publishes a median for, database architects sits 31 of 493 — 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New York income tax is $100,196 for database architects, from $141,350. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $93,097. ⚠️ 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 $145,180 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 | $82,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $141,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $216,550 |
| This salary | $141,350 |
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 New York | $100,196 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $107,879 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$17,918 |
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 | $130,110 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$25,306 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of database architects in New York earn under $141,350 and half over. The published range runs $82,540 at the tenth percentile to $216,550 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New York the take-home figure of $100,196, from $141,350, 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 31 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $93,097, the adjusted value of that $141,350 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New York. 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 31 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for database architects in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $82,540 to $216,550; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for New York is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $100,196 from $141,350. 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 31 of 493 locally.
- This $93,097 adjusted figure, worked from $141,350, 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 31 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 31 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $82,540 and the top tenth $216,550 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. New York costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $93,097 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; New York then takes its own share, leaving $100,196.
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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($82,540) and the ninetieth ($216,550) 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?
New York's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $93,097 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 $100,196 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New York 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.