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State comparison · 2025

Database Administrators salary: Indiana vs Massachusetts

Occupation

Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In Indiana, $90,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21% — not 30.3%.

Nominal pay gap
-30.3%
Indiana vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-21%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Indiana

Database Administrators

Median
$90,090
p25
$76,810
p75
$117,600
p10
$56,710
p90
$144,520
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
93.3
Hiring velocity (180d)
-36%
See full breakdown for Indiana

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%
See full breakdown for Massachusetts

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.