United States
Database Administrators salary in the United States
Median annual pay
$104,620
Database Administrators in the United States earn a median of $104,620 a year, about $50.30 an hour.
Median
$104,620
per year
Hourly
$50.30
as published
Mean
$107,440
pulled up by top earners
Workers
73,180
in this occupation
Where it pays more in the United States
Median pay for this occupation by area, highest-employing first.
| Area | Type | Median | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | State | $111,090 | +6% |
| Texas | State | $109,990 | +5% |
| Pennsylvania | State | $107,800 | +3% |
| Virginia | State | $105,000 | +0% |
| Florida | State | $97,900 | -6% |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | Metro | $124,550 | +19% |
| New York | State | $106,940 | +2% |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | Metro | $124,160 | +19% |
| Georgia | State | $106,100 | +1% |
| Maryland | State | $122,110 | +17% |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | Metro | $105,400 | +1% |
| Illinois | State | $101,070 | -3% |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | Metro | $125,010 | +19% |
| Washington | State | $114,700 | +10% |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | Metro | $104,790 | +0% |
| New Jersey | State | $128,970 | +23% |
| North Carolina | State | $108,430 | +4% |
| Alabama | State | $88,560 | -15% |
| Massachusetts | State | $117,420 | +12% |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | Metro | $108,280 | +3% |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | Metro | $117,020 | +12% |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Metro | $103,700 | -1% |
| Ohio | State | $94,020 | -10% |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | Metro | $123,710 | +18% |
| Tennessee | State | $101,640 | -3% |
Regional figures come from the same release as the national one. Where an area is missing, the source suppressed it for sample-size reasons rather than reporting an unreliable estimate.
How United States measured this
Employer payroll survey of ~1.1m establishments
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024 · Public domain (US Government work)
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