State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Iowa vs Massachusetts
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In Iowa, $101,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.7% — not 21.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.7%
Iowa vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-5.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Database Administrators
- Median
- $101,210
- p25
- $76,130
- p75
- $125,630
- p10
- $58,440
- p90
- $156,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +60%
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.