State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Massachusetts vs Washington
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In Washington, $118,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.7% — not 9.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.4%
Massachusetts vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+10.7%
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%
Washington
Database Administrators
- Median
- $118,140
- p25
- $97,330
- p75
- $145,800
- p10
- $72,170
- p90
- $170,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
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.