Database Architects in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$114,727
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$36,643
24.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$118,063
Texas costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Texas — 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
$151,370
Kept after tax
$114,727
Worth in national money
$118,063
State rank
6
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for database architects is strong here. Texas's middle earner gets $151,370, putting the state 6 of 46 — about 8.51% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Texas. It ranks 11 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $151,370, take-home of $114,727 is worth roughly $118,063 in national money. The average lands at $146,050, below the middle of the range.
- For database architects, Texas sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $151,370, ranking 6 of 46 and running about 8.51% 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.
- Within Texas, database architects ranks 11 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for database architects, whose median is $151,370, the adjusted figure of $118,063 differs little from $114,727 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $146,050 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Database Architects
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $92,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $151,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $200,390 |
| This salary | $151,370 |
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 Texas | $114,727 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $114,727 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$7,164 |
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 | $151,370 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$10,842 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Texas earn less than $151,370. The published range is $92,890 up to $200,390, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $114,727, from $151,370, 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 Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $118,063, the adjusted value of that $151,370 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.
- Reported values are medians; for database architects in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $92,890 to $200,390. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Texas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $114,727 from $151,370. 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 Texas, so $118,063 — the adjusted value of that $151,370 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
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $146,050, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $92,890 at the bottom tenth to $200,390 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $118,063.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $114,727 survives, because Texas levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 Texas is $146,050. 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 ($92,890 to $200,390) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Texas rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Texas's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $118,063 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Texas levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $114,727 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.