State comparison · 2025
Network and Computer Systems Administrators salary: Massachusetts vs North Dakota
Network and Computer Systems Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $110,980. In North Dakota, $86,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 28.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.4%
Massachusetts vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Network and Computer Systems Administrators
- Median
- $110,980
- p25
- $91,950
- p75
- $136,810
- p10
- $76,750
- p90
- $168,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -52%
North Dakota
Network and Computer Systems Administrators
- Median
- $86,450
- p25
- $73,290
- p75
- $101,860
- p10
- $60,980
- p90
- $120,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
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.