State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Massachusetts vs North Dakota
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In North Dakota, $78,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.2% — not 64.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+64.2%
Massachusetts vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+38.2%
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 Dakota
Database Administrators
- Median
- $78,730
- p25
- $63,260
- p75
- $96,120
- p10
- $57,320
- p90
- $122,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.