State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Utah vs Virginia
Database Administrators in Utah earn a median of $135,750. In Virginia, $93,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.7% — not 45.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.5%
Utah vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+48.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Virginia
Database Administrators
- Median
- $93,320
- p25
- $88,610
- p75
- $125,110
- p10
- $60,840
- p90
- $160,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -70%
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.