State comparison · 2025
Computer Network Architects salary: New Jersey vs South Carolina
Computer Network Architects in New Jersey earn a median of $162,350. In South Carolina, $134,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.6% — not 20.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.3%
New Jersey vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+3.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Computer Network Architects
- Median
- $162,350
- p25
- $129,110
- p75
- $185,710
- p10
- $101,730
- p90
- $213,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -4%
South Carolina
Computer Network Architects
- Median
- $134,990
- p25
- $107,970
- p75
- $168,620
- p10
- $82,060
- p90
- $185,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.