State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: New Jersey vs Tennessee
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In Tennessee, $115,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 9%.
Nominal pay gap
+9%
New Jersey vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
-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%
Tennessee
Database Administrators
- Median
- $115,500
- p25
- $74,570
- p75
- $135,720
- p10
- $59,050
- p90
- $163,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -28%
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.