State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: North Dakota vs Utah
Database Administrators in Utah earn a median of $135,750. In North Dakota, $78,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.6% — not 42%.
Nominal pay gap
-42%
North Dakota vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-35.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Dakota
Database Administrators
- Median
- $78,730
- p25
- $63,260
- p75
- $96,120
- p10
- $57,320
- p90
- $122,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.