State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: New York vs Utah
Database Administrators in Utah earn a median of $135,750. In New York, $105,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.5% — not 22%.
Nominal pay gap
-22%
New York vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-28.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Database Administrators
- Median
- $105,900
- p25
- $78,610
- p75
- $141,570
- p10
- $60,090
- p90
- $178,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -34%
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.