State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Massachusetts vs North Carolina
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In North Carolina, $113,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.2% — not 13.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.5%
Massachusetts vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+1.2%
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%
North Carolina
Database Administrators
- Median
- $113,900
- p25
- $82,120
- p75
- $138,900
- p10
- $62,430
- p90
- $160,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -11%
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.