State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: New Jersey vs New Mexico
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In New Mexico, $98,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.3% — not 27.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.8%
New Jersey vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+8.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
New Mexico
Database Administrators
- Median
- $98,450
- p25
- $80,530
- p75
- $117,770
- p10
- $66,470
- p90
- $139,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +67%
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.