State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: District of Columbia vs New Jersey
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In District of Columbia, $118,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.8% — not 5.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.8%
District of Columbia vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-6.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Database Administrators
- Median
- $118,540
- p25
- $88,570
- p75
- $136,800
- p10
- $74,360
- p90
- $154,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.