State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Louisiana vs Massachusetts
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In Louisiana, $98,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.8% — not 24%.
Nominal pay gap
-24%
Louisiana vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-8.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Database Administrators
- Median
- $98,270
- p25
- $60,740
- p75
- $127,460
- p10
- $48,910
- p90
- $150,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -12%
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.