State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: New Jersey vs South Carolina
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In South Carolina, $93,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.8% — not 34.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.4%
New Jersey vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+15.8%
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%
South Carolina
Database Administrators
- Median
- $93,640
- p25
- $72,910
- p75
- $122,570
- p10
- $54,040
- p90
- $149,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -6%
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.