State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: California vs Utah
Database Administrators in Utah earn a median of $135,750. In California, $113,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.6% — not 16.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.7%
California vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-25.6%
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%
Utah
Database Administrators
- Median
- $135,750
- p25
- $100,860
- p75
- $135,750
- p10
- $75,450
- p90
- $149,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +18%
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.