State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Illinois vs Massachusetts
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In Illinois, $104,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.4% — not 19.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.1%
Illinois vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-14.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Database Administrators
- Median
- $104,650
- p25
- $74,390
- p75
- $133,710
- p10
- $59,990
- p90
- $163,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -27%
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.