State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Illinois vs Indiana
Database Administrators in Illinois earn a median of $104,650. In Indiana, $90,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.4% — not 16.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.2%
Illinois vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+8.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Database Administrators
- Median
- $104,650
- p25
- $74,390
- p75
- $133,710
- p10
- $59,990
- p90
- $163,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +29%
Indiana
Database Administrators
- Median
- $90,090
- p25
- $76,810
- p75
- $117,600
- p10
- $56,710
- p90
- $144,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +13%
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.