State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: California vs New Jersey
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In California, $113,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.7% — not 10.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-10.2%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-11.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Database Administrators
- Median
- $113,060
- p25
- $83,720
- p75
- $154,360
- p10
- $62,410
- p90
- $178,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
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.