State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: New Jersey vs North Carolina
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In North Carolina, $113,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.2% — not 10.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.5%
New Jersey vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-4.2%
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%
North Carolina
Database Administrators
- Median
- $113,900
- p25
- $82,120
- p75
- $138,900
- p10
- $62,430
- p90
- $160,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -11%
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.