State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Massachusetts vs Mississippi
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In Mississippi, $87,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.1% — not 47.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+47.3%
Massachusetts vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+21.1%
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%
Mississippi
Database Administrators
- Median
- $87,790
- p25
- $65,110
- p75
- $101,930
- p10
- $50,740
- p90
- $129,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.