State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Iowa vs New Jersey
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In Iowa, $101,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.4% — not 19.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.6%
Iowa vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-0.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Database Administrators
- Median
- $101,210
- p25
- $76,130
- p75
- $125,630
- p10
- $58,440
- p90
- $156,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +60%
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.