State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Massachusetts vs New Mexico
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In New Mexico, $98,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.5% — not 31.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.3%
Massachusetts vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+14.5%
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%
New Mexico
Database Administrators
- Median
- $98,450
- p25
- $80,530
- p75
- $117,770
- p10
- $66,470
- p90
- $139,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +67%
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.