State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Arizona vs New Jersey
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In Arizona, $104,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.5% — not 17.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.1%
Arizona vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-10.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Database Administrators
- Median
- $104,280
- p25
- $77,250
- p75
- $130,160
- p10
- $59,120
- p90
- $155,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
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.