State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: New Jersey vs New York
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In New York, $105,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.9% — not 18.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.8%
New Jersey vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+17.9%
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 York
Database Administrators
- Median
- $105,900
- p25
- $78,610
- p75
- $141,570
- p10
- $60,090
- p90
- $178,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -34%
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.