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State comparison · 2025

Database Administrators salary: New Jersey vs Oregon

Occupation

Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In Oregon, $100,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.3% — not 25.5%.

Nominal pay gap
+25.5%
New Jersey vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+19.3%
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%
See full breakdown for New Jersey

Oregon

Database Administrators

Median
$100,260
p25
$77,210
p75
$123,070
p10
$61,000
p90
$140,170
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
103.4
Hiring velocity (180d)
-79%
See full breakdown for Oregon

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.