State comparison · 2025
Network and Computer Systems Administrators salary: Montana vs New Jersey
Network and Computer Systems Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $116,420. In Montana, $80,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20% — not 30.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.5%
Montana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-20%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Network and Computer Systems Administrators
- Median
- $80,950
- p25
- $67,760
- p75
- $95,300
- p10
- $60,890
- p90
- $108,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
New Jersey
Network and Computer Systems Administrators
- Median
- $116,420
- p25
- $90,440
- p75
- $137,990
- p10
- $73,990
- p90
- $166,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -59%
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.