State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Massachusetts vs West Virginia
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In West Virginia, $73,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.8% — not 75.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+75.9%
Massachusetts vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+48.8%
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%
West Virginia
Database Administrators
- Median
- $73,490
- p25
- $53,250
- p75
- $98,430
- p10
- $48,110
- p90
- $121,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.