State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Colorado vs Utah
Database Administrators in Utah earn a median of $135,750. In Colorado, $118,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.4% — not 12.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.8%
Colorado vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-16.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Database Administrators
- Median
- $118,340
- p25
- $80,830
- p75
- $145,600
- p10
- $61,930
- p90
- $164,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
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.