State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Alaska vs New Jersey
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In Alaska, $108,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.1% — not 13.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.5%
Alaska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-8.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Database Administrators
- Median
- $108,810
- p25
- $82,510
- p75
- $121,260
- p10
- $66,190
- p90
- $138,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
New Jersey
Database Administrators
- Median
- $125,860
- p25
- $94,020
- p75
- $159,880
- p10
- $69,080
- p90
- $176,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
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.