State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In Rhode Island, $106,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.9% — not 22%.
Nominal pay gap
+22%
Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+17.9%
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%
Rhode Island
Database Administrators
- Median
- $106,020
- p25
- $77,710
- p75
- $129,190
- p10
- $63,430
- p90
- $154,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
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.