State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Massachusetts vs Wisconsin
Database Administrators in Massachusetts earn a median of $129,300. In Wisconsin, $100,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15% — not 29.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.3%
Massachusetts vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+15%
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%
Wisconsin
Database Administrators
- Median
- $100,020
- p25
- $80,110
- p75
- $129,380
- p10
- $62,440
- p90
- $149,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.