State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Michigan vs New Jersey
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In Michigan, $99,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.3% — not 20.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.7%
Michigan vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-10.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Database Administrators
- Median
- $99,830
- p25
- $75,740
- p75
- $128,020
- p10
- $58,540
- p90
- $150,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -51%
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.