State comparison · 2025
Network and Computer Systems Administrators salary: Iowa vs Massachusetts
Network and Computer Systems Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $110,980. In Iowa, $84,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.3% — not 23.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.9%
Iowa vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-8.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Network and Computer Systems Administrators
- Median
- $84,500
- p25
- $70,470
- p75
- $105,210
- p10
- $59,800
- p90
- $130,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
Massachusetts
Network and Computer Systems Administrators
- Median
- $110,980
- p25
- $91,950
- p75
- $136,810
- p10
- $76,750
- p90
- $168,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -52%
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.