State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: New Jersey vs Washington
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In Washington, $118,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.8% — not 6.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.5%
New Jersey vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+4.8%
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%
Washington
Database Administrators
- Median
- $118,140
- p25
- $97,330
- p75
- $145,800
- p10
- $72,170
- p90
- $170,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
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.