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Database Administrators salary in Boston, MA

The median database administrators in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $132,370 a year, 27% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $7,927 a month.

10th percentile
$72,510
25th percentile
$96,010
Median percentile
$132,370
75th percentile
$160,060
90th percentile
$176,570

Based on 1,910 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$95,122 take-home a year
Gross pay$132,370
Federal income tax−$20,503
Social Security + Medicare−$10,126
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$6,619
Monthly take-home$7,927
Every two weeks$3,659

Does it go far here?

$122,264Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
26%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,023 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Boston, MA

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$386,300
Emergency Medicine Physicians$356,230
Natural Sciences Managers$291,000
Family Medicine Physicians$284,010
General Internal Medicine Physicians$243,230
Nurse Anesthetists$239,200
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$235,460
Physicians, All Other$229,870

All database administrators salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts