State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: New Jersey vs Texas
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In Texas, $114,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.8% — not 10%.
Nominal pay gap
+10%
New Jersey vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-1.8%
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%
Texas
Database Administrators
- Median
- $114,400
- p25
- $86,410
- p75
- $138,480
- p10
- $59,950
- p90
- $161,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
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.