State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: California vs Massachusetts
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In California, $113,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.4% — not 12.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.6%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-16.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Database Administrators
- Median
- $113,060
- p25
- $83,720
- p75
- $154,360
- p10
- $62,410
- p90
- $178,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
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.