State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Maryland vs New Jersey
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In Maryland, $124,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.3% — not 1.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-1.2%
Maryland vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+2.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Database Administrators
- Median
- $124,300
- p25
- $101,060
- p75
- $151,050
- p10
- $73,650
- p90
- $172,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
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.