Database Architects Salary — Virginia Beach, Virginia

The average Database Architects in Virginia Beach, Virginia earns $136,070 a year.

$136,070 / year, mean
↓ 6.6% below national average 75th percentile in Virginia

Virginia Beach pays well above most of Virginia for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's close to the national average for database architects — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Virginia

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
490
Estimate confidence
RSE 4.7%
Cost of living 98 #75 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1524 #67 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $373,678 #65 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $80,533 #48 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Virginia Beach ranks #75 for cost of living and #65 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Francisco $198,740 San Jose $191,170 Santa Maria $159,170 Sacramento $157,960 Los Angeles $157,410 San Diego $157,310 Philadelphia $157,200 Sarasota $156,240 Oxnard $155,880 Allentown $152,540 Lancaster $150,550 Bloomington $149,820 Orlando $149,480 Harrisburg $148,420 Dallas $147,980 Austin $147,860 Pittsburgh $147,760 Spokane $147,700 Portland $146,840 Chicago $146,080 Miami $144,750 Peoria $144,640 Houston $142,690 Jacksonville $141,880 Palm Bay $141,010 New York $140,400 Stockton $140,050 Tampa $139,760 San Antonio $139,560 Reading $139,520 Indianapolis $139,360 Trenton $139,180 Flint $138,810 Olympia $138,550 Richmond $138,240 Baltimore $137,400 Virginia Beach $136,070 Riverside $133,850 Seattle $133,670 Salem $132,780 Ann Arbor $131,840 Louisville $131,090 Detroit $129,580 Fresno $128,540 Charlottesville $127,500 Eugene $125,680 Utica $125,250 El Paso $124,790 Roanoke $122,810 Grand Rapids $121,840 Albany $121,380 Buffalo $119,230 Rochester $118,240 Syracuse $117,400 Scranton $116,010 Kiryas Joel $115,500 Lansing $110,810 Fort Wayne $106,700 Lexington $106,470 Charleston $105,390
CityMean salaryvs. Virginia Beach
Albany, New York$121,380-10.8%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$152,540+12.1%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$131,840-3.1%
Austin, Texas$147,860+8.7%
Baltimore, Maryland$137,400+1.0%
Bloomington, Illinois$149,820+10.1%
Buffalo, New York$119,230-12.4%
Charleston, West Virginia$105,390-22.5%
Charlottesville, Virginia$127,500-6.3%
Chicago, Illinois$146,080+7.4%
Dallas, Texas$147,980+8.8%
Detroit, Michigan$129,580-4.8%
El Paso, Texas$124,790-8.3%
Eugene, Oregon$125,680-7.6%
Flint, Michigan$138,810+2.0%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$106,700-21.6%
Fresno, California$128,540-5.5%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$121,840-10.5%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$148,420+9.1%
Houston, Texas$142,690+4.9%
Indianapolis, Indiana$139,360+2.4%
Jacksonville, Florida$141,880+4.3%
Kiryas Joel, New York$115,500-15.1%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$150,550+10.6%
Lansing, Michigan$110,810-18.6%
Lexington, Kentucky$106,470-21.8%
Los Angeles, California$157,410+15.7%
Louisville, Kentucky$131,090-3.7%
Miami, Florida$144,750+6.4%
New York, New York$140,400+3.2%
Sarasota, Florida$156,240+14.8%
Olympia, Washington$138,550+1.8%
Orlando, Florida$149,480+9.9%
Oxnard, California$155,880+14.6%
Palm Bay, Florida$141,010+3.6%
Peoria, Illinois$144,640+6.3%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$157,200+15.5%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$147,760+8.6%
Portland, Oregon$146,840+7.9%
Reading, Pennsylvania$139,520+2.5%
Richmond, Virginia$138,240+1.6%
Riverside, California$133,850-1.6%
Roanoke, Virginia$122,810-9.7%
Rochester, New York$118,240-13.1%
Sacramento, California$157,960+16.1%
Salem, Oregon$132,780-2.4%
San Antonio, Texas$139,560+2.6%
San Diego, California$157,310+15.6%
San Francisco, California$198,740+46.1%
San Jose, California$191,170+40.5%
Santa Maria, California$159,170+17.0%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$116,010-14.7%
Seattle, Washington$133,670-1.8%
Spokane, Washington$147,700+8.5%
Stockton, California$140,050+2.9%
Syracuse, New York$117,400-13.7%
Tampa, Florida$139,760+2.7%
Trenton, New Jersey$139,180+2.3%
Utica, New York$125,250-8.0%
Gross salary
136,070/yr
Estimated take-home
97,260/yr
Est. total withheld
28.5%

Single filer, federal + Virginia state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 15-1243 SOC code
Official area Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 47260 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: va_tax_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
ChesapeakeNorfolk
Multi-state area: VA;NC
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
1,782,590