State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Louisiana vs New Jersey
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In Louisiana, $98,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.7% — not 21.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.9%
Louisiana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-3.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Database Administrators
- Median
- $98,270
- p25
- $60,740
- p75
- $127,460
- p10
- $48,910
- p90
- $150,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -12%
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.