State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: New Jersey vs West Virginia
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In West Virginia, $73,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.9% — not 71.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+71.3%
New Jersey vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+40.9%
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%
West Virginia
Database Administrators
- Median
- $73,490
- p25
- $53,250
- p75
- $98,430
- p10
- $48,110
- p90
- $121,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.