State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Mississippi vs Utah
Database Administrators in Utah earn a median of $135,750. In Mississippi, $87,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.5% — not 35.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.3%
Mississippi vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-26.5%
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%
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.