State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Utah vs West Virginia
Database Administrators in Utah earn a median of $135,750. In West Virginia, $73,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 67.2% — not 84.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+84.7%
Utah vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+67.2%
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%
West Virginia
Database Administrators
- Median
- $73,490
- p25
- $53,250
- p75
- $98,430
- p10
- $48,110
- p90
- $121,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.