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State comparison · 2025

Database Administrators salary: Maryland vs Massachusetts

Occupation

Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In Maryland, $124,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.1% — not 3.9%.

Nominal pay gap
-3.9%
Maryland vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-3.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Maryland

Database Administrators

Median
$124,300
p25
$101,060
p75
$151,050
p10
$73,650
p90
$172,110
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
105.0
Hiring velocity (180d)
-64%
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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.