State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: North Carolina vs Utah
Database Administrators in Utah earn a median of $135,750. In North Carolina, $113,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12% — not 16.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.1%
North Carolina vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-12%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Carolina
Database Administrators
- Median
- $113,900
- p25
- $82,120
- p75
- $138,900
- p10
- $62,430
- p90
- $160,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -11%
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.