Database Architects in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$94,092
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$44,158
31.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$89,851
Oregon costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Oregon — 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
$138,250
Kept after tax
$94,092
Worth in national money
$89,851
State rank
17
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Oregon is 17 of 46 states for database architects, with a middle wage of $138,250. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Oregon reports, database architects comes in at 20 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $138,250, tax leaves $94,092 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $89,851 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $140,710, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon ranks 17 of 46 for database architects at $138,250. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Database architects ranks 20 of 489 occupations by median in Oregon, 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.
- After tax, $94,092 remains from the Oregon median of $138,250 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $89,851 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $140,710 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Database Architects
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $100,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $138,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $175,600 |
| This salary | $138,250 |
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 Oregon | $94,092 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $105,760 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$18,984 |
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 | $121,197 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$26,690 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Oregon earn less than $138,250. The published range is $100,820 up to $175,600, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oregon's $94,092, worked from $138,250. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 20 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $89,851 uses one figure for the whole of Oregon. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 20.
- Reported values are medians; for database architects in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $100,820 to $175,600. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Oregon take-home of $94,092, on $138,250 for work ranking 20 of 489 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 20 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $89,851, worked from $138,250, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Oregon address, on work sitting at 20 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $100,820 at the bottom tenth to $175,600 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $89,851 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 Oregon adds its own income tax on top — which is why $94,092 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($100,820 to $175,600) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Oregon rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Oregon's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $89,851 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 $94,092 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Oregon 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.