State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Kentucky vs Utah
Database Administrators in Utah earn a median of $135,750. In Kentucky, $87,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.4% — not 35.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.6%
Kentucky vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-29.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Database Administrators
- Median
- $87,390
- p25
- $62,220
- p75
- $117,390
- p10
- $47,150
- p90
- $139,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -70%
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.