State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In Pennsylvania, $100,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.8% — not 25.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.7%
New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+12.8%
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%
Pennsylvania
Database Administrators
- Median
- $100,110
- p25
- $76,990
- p75
- $130,930
- p10
- $58,780
- p90
- $158,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -8%
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.