State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: New Jersey vs Wisconsin
Database Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $125,860. In Wisconsin, $100,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.8% — not 25.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.8%
New Jersey vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+8.8%
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%
Wisconsin
Database Administrators
- Median
- $100,020
- p25
- $80,110
- p75
- $129,380
- p10
- $62,440
- p90
- $149,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.