State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Indiana vs New Jersey
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In Indiana, $90,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.5% — not 28.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.4%
Indiana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-16.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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)
- -36%
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.