State comparison · 2025
Network and Computer Systems Administrators salary: New Jersey vs North Carolina
Network and Computer Systems Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $116,420. In North Carolina, $95,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6% — not 22.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.3%
New Jersey vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
North Carolina
Network and Computer Systems Administrators
- Median
- $95,230
- p25
- $72,090
- p75
- $124,100
- p10
- $50,680
- p90
- $149,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.