State comparison · 2025
Network and Computer Systems Administrators salary: Iowa vs Maryland
Network and Computer Systems Administrators in Maryland earn a median of $118,290. In Iowa, $84,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.6% — not 28.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.6%
Iowa vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-14.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Network and Computer Systems Administrators
- Median
- $84,500
- p25
- $70,470
- p75
- $105,210
- p10
- $59,800
- p90
- $130,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
Maryland
Network and Computer Systems Administrators
- Median
- $118,290
- p25
- $90,900
- p75
- $156,360
- p10
- $71,990
- p90
- $177,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- 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.