State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: District of Columbia vs Utah
Database Administrators in Utah earn a median of $135,750. In District of Columbia, $118,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.4% — not 12.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.7%
District of Columbia vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-21.4%
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%
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.