How much do Database Administrators make in Helena, MT?

Percentile spread

For Database Administrators, the published 10th percentile is $81,080 and the 90th percentile is $103,760. The difference is $22,680, which is 27.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $81,080 to the 75th at $103,760, covers $22,680.

The mean annual wage is $90,610, which sits above the median of $83,120. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Helena, MT median is 20.6% lower than the national median of $104,620 for Database Administrators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $86,877, which is 17% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Montana median of $83,120.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Helena, MT is 95.675, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $83,120 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Database Administrators at $86,877 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Database Administrators. Helena, MT ranks 2nd of 5 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Great Falls, MT is 56 miles away, with a median of $80,470 and employment of 30. That median is 3.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $83,092, against $86,877 here.
• Bozeman, MT is 95 miles away, with a median of $91,970. That median is 10.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $89,718, against $86,877 here.
• Missoula, MT is 103 miles away, with a median of $82,630 and employment of 30. That median is 0.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $85,676, against $86,877 here.

Employment share

Database Administrators accounts for 0.14% of wage-and-salary employment in Helena, MT (60 of 44,420). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (69,990 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.00 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.