State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: New Mexico vs Utah
Database Administrators in Utah earn a median of $135,750. In New Mexico, $98,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.2% — not 27.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.5%
New Mexico vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-22.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Database Administrators
- Median
- $98,450
- p25
- $80,530
- p75
- $117,770
- p10
- $66,470
- p90
- $139,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +67%
Utah
Database Administrators
- Median
- $135,750
- p25
- $100,860
- p75
- $135,750
- p10
- $75,450
- p90
- $149,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +18%
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.