State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: New Jersey vs Ohio
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In Ohio, $97,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.5% — not 29.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.5%
New Jersey vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+10.5%
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%
Ohio
Database Administrators
- Median
- $97,190
- p25
- $71,100
- p75
- $127,190
- p10
- $49,960
- p90
- $158,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -38%
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.