State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: New Jersey vs Rhode Island
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In Rhode Island, $106,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.6% — not 18.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.7%
New Jersey vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+11.6%
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%
Rhode Island
Database Administrators
- Median
- $106,020
- p25
- $77,710
- p75
- $129,190
- p10
- $63,430
- p90
- $154,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
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.