State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Colorado vs Massachusetts
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In Colorado, $118,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.1% — not 8.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.5%
Colorado vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-6.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Database Administrators
- Median
- $118,340
- p25
- $80,830
- p75
- $145,600
- p10
- $61,930
- p90
- $164,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
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.