State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Massachusetts vs Ohio
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In Ohio, $97,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.7% — not 33%.
Nominal pay gap
+33%
Massachusetts vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+16.7%
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%
Ohio
Database Administrators
- Median
- $97,190
- p25
- $71,100
- p75
- $127,190
- p10
- $49,960
- p90
- $158,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -38%
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.