State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Massachusetts vs South Carolina
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In South Carolina, $93,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.3% — not 38.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.1%
Massachusetts vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+22.3%
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%
South Carolina
Database Administrators
- Median
- $93,640
- p25
- $72,910
- p75
- $122,570
- p10
- $54,040
- p90
- $149,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -6%
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.