State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In District of Columbia, $118,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.7% — not 8.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.3%
District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-11.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Database Administrators
- Median
- $118,540
- p25
- $88,570
- p75
- $136,800
- p10
- $74,360
- p90
- $154,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.