State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Mississippi vs New Jersey
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In Mississippi, $87,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.8% — not 30.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.2%
Mississippi vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-12.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Database Administrators
- Median
- $87,790
- p25
- $65,110
- p75
- $101,930
- p10
- $50,740
- p90
- $129,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.