State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Arkansas vs Massachusetts
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In Arkansas, $82,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.3% — not 36.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.2%
Arkansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-22.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Database Administrators
- Median
- $82,480
- p25
- $71,650
- p75
- $108,420
- p10
- $53,690
- p90
- $127,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
Massachusetts
Database Administrators
- Median
- $129,300
- p25
- $93,280
- p75
- $158,010
- p10
- $69,380
- p90
- $173,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.