State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Pennsylvania vs Utah
Database Administrators in Utah earn a median of $135,750. In Pennsylvania, $100,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.3% — not 26.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.3%
Pennsylvania vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-25.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Database Administrators
- Median
- $100,110
- p25
- $76,990
- p75
- $130,930
- p10
- $58,780
- p90
- $158,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -8%
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.