State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: New Jersey vs North Dakota
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In North Dakota, $78,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.8% — not 59.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.9%
New Jersey vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+30.8%
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 Dakota
Database Administrators
- Median
- $78,730
- p25
- $63,260
- p75
- $96,120
- p10
- $57,320
- p90
- $122,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.