State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Illinois vs Utah
Database Administrators in Utah earn a median of $135,750. In Illinois, $104,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.8% — not 22.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.9%
Illinois vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-23.8%
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)
- -27%
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.