State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In New York, $105,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.5% — not 22.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.1%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+24.5%
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 York
Database Administrators
- Median
- $105,900
- p25
- $78,610
- p75
- $141,570
- p10
- $60,090
- p90
- $178,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -34%
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.