How much do Database Architects make in Baton Rouge, LA?

Percentile spread

For Database Architects, the published 10th percentile is $102,020 and the 90th percentile is $169,620. The difference is $67,600, which is 49.5% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $105,760 to the 75th at $137,850, covers $32,090.

The mean annual wage is $130,020, which sits below the median of $136,480. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Baton Rouge, LA median is 2.2% lower than the national median of $139,500 for Database Architects. In 2024 national prices the local median is $150,341, which is 7.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Baton Rouge, LA is 90.780, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $136,480 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Database Architects at $150,341 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Database Architects. Baton Rouge, LA ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Jackson, MS is 144 miles away, with a median of $97,090 and employment of 60. That median is 28.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $109,031, against $150,341 here.

Employment share

Database Architects accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Baton Rouge, LA (40 of 409,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (67,140 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.23 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.