State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Massachusetts vs Minnesota
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In Minnesota, $100,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.7% — not 28.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.4%
Massachusetts vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+19.7%
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%
Minnesota
Database Administrators
- Median
- $100,700
- p25
- $71,220
- p75
- $131,570
- p10
- $61,120
- p90
- $151,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.