State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In Pennsylvania, $100,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.1% — not 29.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.2%
Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+19.1%
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%
Pennsylvania
Database Administrators
- Median
- $100,110
- p25
- $76,990
- p75
- $130,930
- p10
- $58,780
- p90
- $158,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -8%
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.