State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Massachusetts vs Missouri
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In Missouri, $100,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.7% — not 29%.
Nominal pay gap
+29%
Massachusetts vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+10.7%
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%
Missouri
Database Administrators
- Median
- $100,270
- p25
- $73,500
- p75
- $130,950
- p10
- $57,730
- p90
- $150,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- 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.