State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Massachusetts vs Texas
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In Texas, $114,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.7% — not 13%.
Nominal pay gap
+13%
Massachusetts vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+3.7%
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%
Texas
Database Administrators
- Median
- $114,400
- p25
- $86,410
- p75
- $138,480
- p10
- $59,950
- p90
- $161,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
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.