State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Massachusetts vs Tennessee
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In Tennessee, $115,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.8% — not 11.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.9%
Massachusetts vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
-2.8%
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%
Tennessee
Database Administrators
- Median
- $115,500
- p25
- $74,570
- p75
- $135,720
- p10
- $59,050
- p90
- $163,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -28%
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.