State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: New Jersey vs Virginia
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In Virginia, $93,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.3% — not 34.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.9%
New Jersey vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+25.3%
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%
Virginia
Database Administrators
- Median
- $93,320
- p25
- $88,610
- p75
- $125,110
- p10
- $60,840
- p90
- $160,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -70%
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.