State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Massachusetts vs Montana
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In Montana, $83,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.1% — not 55.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+55.6%
Massachusetts vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+39.1%
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%
Montana
Database Administrators
- Median
- $83,120
- p25
- $80,470
- p75
- $92,610
- p10
- $71,740
- p90
- $104,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.