Database Architects Salary — Bloomington, Illinois

The average Database Architects in Bloomington, Illinois earns $149,820 a year.

$149,820 / year, mean
↑ 2.8% above national average 100th percentile in Illinois

Bloomington sits at the very top of the range for this role in Illinois — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. 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 Illinois

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
90
Estimate confidence
RSE 0.8%
Cost of living 94 #117 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1770 #92 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $260,134 #128 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $78,329 #56 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Bloomington ranks #117 for cost of living and #128 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. Bloomington
Albany, New York$121,380-19.0%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$152,540+1.8%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$131,840-12.0%
Austin, Texas$147,860-1.3%
Baltimore, Maryland$137,400-8.3%
Buffalo, New York$119,230-20.4%
Charleston, West Virginia$105,390-29.7%
Charlottesville, Virginia$127,500-14.9%
Chicago, Illinois$146,080-2.5%
Dallas, Texas$147,980-1.2%
Detroit, Michigan$129,580-13.5%
El Paso, Texas$124,790-16.7%
Eugene, Oregon$125,680-16.1%
Flint, Michigan$138,810-7.3%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$106,700-28.8%
Fresno, California$128,540-14.2%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$121,840-18.7%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$148,420-0.9%
Houston, Texas$142,690-4.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$139,360-7.0%
Jacksonville, Florida$141,880-5.3%
Kiryas Joel, New York$115,500-22.9%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$150,550+0.5%
Lansing, Michigan$110,810-26.0%
Lexington, Kentucky$106,470-28.9%
Los Angeles, California$157,410+5.1%
Louisville, Kentucky$131,090-12.5%
Miami, Florida$144,750-3.4%
New York, New York$140,400-6.3%
Sarasota, Florida$156,240+4.3%
Olympia, Washington$138,550-7.5%
Orlando, Florida$149,480-0.2%
Oxnard, California$155,880+4.0%
Palm Bay, Florida$141,010-5.9%
Peoria, Illinois$144,640-3.5%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$157,200+4.9%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$147,760-1.4%
Portland, Oregon$146,840-2.0%
Reading, Pennsylvania$139,520-6.9%
Richmond, Virginia$138,240-7.7%
Riverside, California$133,850-10.7%
Roanoke, Virginia$122,810-18.0%
Rochester, New York$118,240-21.1%
Sacramento, California$157,960+5.4%
Salem, Oregon$132,780-11.4%
San Antonio, Texas$139,560-6.8%
San Diego, California$157,310+5.0%
San Francisco, California$198,740+32.7%
San Jose, California$191,170+27.6%
Santa Maria, California$159,170+6.2%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$116,010-22.6%
Seattle, Washington$133,670-10.8%
Spokane, Washington$147,700-1.4%
Stockton, California$140,050-6.5%
Syracuse, New York$117,400-21.6%
Tampa, Florida$139,760-6.7%
Trenton, New Jersey$139,180-7.1%
Utica, New York$125,250-16.4%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$136,070-9.2%
Gross salary
149,820/yr
Estimated take-home
106,393/yr
Est. total withheld
29.0%

Single filer, federal + Illinois 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 Bloomington, IL BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 14010 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: il_idor_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
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)
170,882