State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: South Carolina vs Utah
Database Administrators in Utah earn a median of $135,750. In South Carolina, $93,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.2% — not 31%.
Nominal pay gap
-31%
South Carolina vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-27.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Carolina
Database Administrators
- Median
- $93,640
- p25
- $72,910
- p75
- $122,570
- p10
- $54,040
- p90
- $149,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -6%
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.