State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: New Jersey vs South Dakota
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In South Dakota, $82,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.2% — not 52.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+52.5%
New Jersey vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+24.2%
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 Dakota
Database Administrators
- Median
- $82,540
- p25
- $74,980
- p75
- $98,690
- p10
- $64,140
- p90
- $110,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.