State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Massachusetts vs South Dakota
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In South Dakota, $82,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.2% — not 56.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.7%
Massachusetts vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+31.2%
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 Dakota
Database Administrators
- Median
- $82,540
- p25
- $74,980
- p75
- $98,690
- p10
- $64,140
- p90
- $110,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.