State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Massachusetts vs Virginia
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In Virginia, $93,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.4% — not 38.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.6%
Massachusetts vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+32.4%
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%
Virginia
Database Administrators
- Median
- $93,320
- p25
- $88,610
- p75
- $125,110
- p10
- $60,840
- p90
- $160,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -70%
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.