State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Massachusetts vs Michigan
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In Michigan, $99,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.8% — not 29.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.5%
Massachusetts vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+17.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Michigan
Database Administrators
- Median
- $99,830
- p25
- $75,740
- p75
- $128,020
- p10
- $58,540
- p90
- $150,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -51%
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.