State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: South Dakota vs Utah
Database Administrators in Utah earn a median of $135,750. In South Dakota, $82,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.1% — not 39.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.2%
South Dakota vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-32.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Dakota
Database Administrators
- Median
- $82,540
- p25
- $74,980
- p75
- $98,690
- p10
- $64,140
- p90
- $110,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.