15 Series · SOC 15-1242
Database Administrators
National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)
Median Salary
$104,620
per year
Median Hourly
$50.30/hr
per hour
Mean Salary
$107,440
average
Employment
73,180
jobs nationwide
Salary Range
Annual Salary Distribution
Hourly Rate Distribution
10th Percentile
$56,820
25th Percentile
$76,100
Median
$104,620
75th Percentile
$132,850
90th Percentile
$160,890
Salary by State
Highest Paying States
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| # | State | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | $128,970 | +23% above national |
| 2 | District of Columbia | $128,440 | +23% above national |
| 3 | Maryland | $122,110 | +17% above national |
| 4 | New Hampshire | $121,820 | +16% above national |
| 5 | Colorado | $119,940 | +15% above national |
| 6 | Massachusetts | $117,420 | +12% above national |
| 7 | Washington | $114,700 | +10% above national |
| 8 | Kansas | $112,740 | +8% above national |
| 9 | California | $111,090 | +6% above national |
| 10 | Texas | $109,990 | +5% above national |
| 11 | North Carolina | $108,430 | +4% above national |
| 12 | Pennsylvania | $107,800 | +3% above national |
| 13 | New York | $106,940 | +2% above national |
| 14 | Georgia | $106,100 | +1% above national |
| 15 | Virginia | $105,000 | same as national |
| 16 | Rhode Island | $103,810 | 1% below national |
| 17 | Oregon | $102,650 | 2% below national |
| 18 | Vermont | $102,170 | 2% below national |
| 19 | Connecticut | $101,990 | 3% below national |
| 20 | Tennessee | $101,640 | 3% below national |
| 21 | Illinois | $101,070 | 3% below national |
| 22 | Delaware | $100,240 | 4% below national |
| 23 | Wisconsin | $98,920 | 5% below national |
| 24 | Florida | $97,900 | 6% below national |
| 25 | Utah | $97,890 | 6% below national |
| 26 | Michigan | $97,880 | 6% below national |
| 27 | Iowa | $97,690 | 7% below national |
| 28 | Minnesota | $97,230 | 7% below national |
| 29 | Arizona | $96,320 | 8% below national |
| 30 | New Mexico | $94,850 | 9% below national |
| 31 | Ohio | $94,020 | 10% below national |
| 32 | Hawaii | $93,400 | 11% below national |
| 33 | Alaska | $93,180 | 11% below national |
| 34 | South Carolina | $92,670 | 11% below national |
| 35 | Nebraska | $92,470 | 12% below national |
| 36 | Alabama | $88,560 | 15% below national |
| 37 | Missouri | $87,600 | 16% below national |
| 38 | Nevada | $86,980 | 17% below national |
| 39 | Louisiana | $86,420 | 17% below national |
| 40 | Mississippi | $86,420 | 17% below national |
| 41 | South Dakota | $85,890 | 18% below national |
| 42 | Kentucky | $83,980 | 20% below national |
| 43 | Indiana | $83,600 | 20% below national |
| 44 | Montana | $80,960 | 23% below national |
| 45 | Arkansas | $79,710 | 24% below national |
| 46 | Idaho | $78,780 | 25% below national |
| 47 | Maine | $76,980 | 26% below national |
| 48 | Oklahoma | $76,980 | 26% below national |
| 49 | North Dakota | $76,400 | 27% below national |
| 50 | Wyoming | $69,980 | 33% below national |
| 51 | West Virginia | $65,380 | 38% below national |
| 52 | Puerto Rico | $49,210 | 53% below national |
Salary by Metro Area
Highest Paying Metros
View all 223 metro areas →
| # | Metro Area | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $148,430 | +42% above national |
| 2 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $133,310 | +27% above national |
| 3 | Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | $128,810 | +23% above national |
| 4 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $126,810 | +21% above national |
| 5 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $125,220 | +20% above national |
| 6 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | $125,120 | +20% above national |
| 7 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $125,010 | +19% above national |
| 8 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $124,550 | +19% above national |
| 9 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $124,160 | +19% above national |
| 10 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $123,710 | +18% above national |
| 11 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | $123,700 | +18% above national |
| 12 | Boulder, CO | $123,510 | +18% above national |
| 13 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $123,410 | +18% above national |
| 14 | Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | $123,110 | +18% above national |
| 15 | Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $122,110 | +17% above national |
| 16 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $121,990 | +17% above national |
| 17 | Vallejo, CA | $121,800 | +16% above national |
| 18 | Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | $120,610 | +15% above national |
| 19 | Kennewick-Richland, WA | $120,330 | +15% above national |
| 20 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $119,990 | +15% above national |
| 21 | Columbus, GA-AL | $118,800 | +14% above national |
| 22 | Gainesville, GA | $118,160 | +13% above national |
| 23 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | $117,570 | +12% above national |
| 24 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $117,020 | +12% above national |
| 25 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $115,770 | +11% above national |
| 26 | Colorado Springs, CO | $114,990 | +10% above national |
| 27 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $114,050 | +9% above national |
| 28 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $113,670 | +9% above national |
| 29 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | $113,290 | +8% above national |
| 30 | Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $111,900 | +7% above national |
| 31 | Salem, OR | $111,630 | +7% above national |
| 32 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $111,390 | +6% above national |
| 33 | Greeley, CO | $111,350 | +6% above national |
| 34 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $111,320 | +6% above national |
| 35 | Wilmington, NC | $110,360 | +5% above national |
| 36 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $109,940 | +5% above national |
| 37 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $109,620 | +5% above national |
| 38 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | $109,610 | +5% above national |
| 39 | Kansas City, MO-KS | $109,010 | +4% above national |
| 40 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $108,280 | +3% above national |
| 41 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $107,370 | +3% above national |
| 42 | Eugene-Springfield, OR | $107,310 | +3% above national |
| 43 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $106,850 | +2% above national |
| 44 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $106,820 | +2% above national |
| 45 | Tulsa, OK | $105,980 | +1% above national |
| 46 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $105,760 | +1% above national |
| 47 | Winston-Salem, NC | $105,730 | +1% above national |
| 48 | Burlington-South Burlington, VT | $105,630 | +1% above national |
| 49 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $105,400 | +1% above national |
| 50 | Akron, OH | $105,250 | +1% above national |
| 51 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $105,230 | +1% above national |
| 52 | Bloomington, IL | $104,990 | same as national |
| 53 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $104,790 | same as national |
| 54 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $104,420 | same as national |
| 55 | Bellingham, WA | $104,390 | same as national |
| 56 | Springfield, MA | $104,380 | same as national |
| 57 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $103,810 | 1% below national |
| 58 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $103,700 | 1% below national |
| 59 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $103,420 | 1% below national |
| 60 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $103,200 | 1% below national |
| 61 | Green Bay, WI | $103,190 | 1% below national |
| 62 | Ogden, UT | $102,620 | 2% below national |
| 63 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $102,520 | 2% below national |
| 64 | Lexington Park, MD | $102,400 | 2% below national |
| 65 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $102,310 | 2% below national |
| 66 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $102,110 | 2% below national |
| 67 | Reno, NV | $101,800 | 3% below national |
| 68 | Maryland nonmetropolitan area | $101,760 | 3% below national |
| 69 | Salinas, CA | $101,710 | 3% below national |
| 70 | Birmingham, AL | $101,640 | 3% below national |
| 71 | Champaign-Urbana, IL | $101,060 | 3% below national |
| 72 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $100,770 | 4% below national |
| 73 | Columbus, OH | $100,550 | 4% below national |
| 74 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $100,510 | 4% below national |
| 75 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $100,490 | 4% below national |
| 76 | Huntsville, AL | $100,000 | 4% below national |
| 77 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | $100,000 | 4% below national |
| 78 | Worcester, MA | $99,960 | 4% below national |
| 79 | Omaha, NE-IA | $99,890 | 5% below national |
| 80 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $99,810 | 5% below national |
| 81 | Jacksonville, FL | $98,810 | 6% below national |
| 82 | York-Hanover, PA | $98,650 | 6% below national |
| 83 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $98,620 | 6% below national |
| 84 | South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $97,580 | 7% below national |
| 85 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $97,560 | 7% below national |
| 86 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $97,360 | 7% below national |
| 87 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $97,330 | 7% below national |
| 88 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | $96,760 | 8% below national |
| 89 | College Station-Bryan, TX | $96,580 | 8% below national |
| 90 | Modesto, CA | $96,270 | 8% below national |
| 91 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $96,100 | 8% below national |
| 92 | Fresno, CA | $95,870 | 8% below national |
| 93 | Jackson, MS | $95,860 | 8% below national |
| 94 | Madison, WI | $95,530 | 9% below national |
| 95 | Waco, TX | $95,490 | 9% below national |
| 96 | Sioux Falls, SD-MN | $95,430 | 9% below national |
| 97 | St. Louis, MO-IL | $95,400 | 9% below national |
| 98 | Macon-Bibb County, GA | $95,140 | 9% below national |
| 99 | Iowa City, IA | $95,010 | 9% below national |
| 100 | Peoria, IL | $94,920 | 9% below national |
| 101 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $94,920 | 9% below national |
| 102 | Albuquerque, NM | $94,850 | 9% below national |
| 103 | Santa Fe, NM | $94,640 | 10% below national |
| 104 | Richmond, VA | $94,500 | 10% below national |
| 105 | Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | $94,210 | 10% below national |
| 106 | La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | $94,150 | 10% below national |
| 107 | New Haven, CT | $94,140 | 10% below national |
| 108 | Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | $93,920 | 10% below national |
| 109 | Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | $93,450 | 11% below national |
| 110 | Anchorage, AK | $93,400 | 11% below national |
| 111 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $93,400 | 11% below national |
| 112 | Columbia, MO | $93,380 | 11% below national |
| 113 | Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | $93,380 | 11% below national |
| 114 | Lancaster, PA | $93,380 | 11% below national |
| 115 | Barnstable Town, MA | $93,340 | 11% below national |
| 116 | Savannah, GA | $93,240 | 11% below national |
| 117 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA | $93,030 | 11% below national |
| 118 | Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $92,860 | 11% below national |
| 119 | Eau Claire, WI | $92,750 | 11% below national |
| 120 | Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $91,840 | 12% below national |
| 121 | Stockton-Lodi, CA | $91,610 | 12% below national |
| 122 | Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area | $91,450 | 13% below national |
| 123 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $91,060 | 13% below national |
| 124 | Killeen-Temple, TX | $90,230 | 14% below national |
| 125 | Asheville, NC | $90,030 | 14% below national |
| 126 | North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | $89,830 | 14% below national |
| 127 | Montgomery, AL | $89,760 | 14% below national |
| 128 | Pittsburgh, PA | $89,750 | 14% below national |
| 129 | Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $89,560 | 14% below national |
| 130 | Lansing-East Lansing, MI | $89,410 | 15% below national |
| 131 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $89,390 | 15% below national |
| 132 | Western Washington nonmetropolitan area | $89,260 | 15% below national |
| 133 | Knoxville, TN | $89,160 | 15% below national |
| 134 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | $88,620 | 15% below national |
| 135 | West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $88,540 | 15% below national |
| 136 | Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | $88,250 | 16% below national |
| 137 | Columbia, SC | $88,050 | 16% below national |
| 138 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | $88,020 | 16% below national |
| 139 | Lincoln, NE | $87,920 | 16% below national |
| 140 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $87,850 | 16% below national |
| 141 | Bloomington, IN | $87,700 | 16% below national |
| 142 | Warner Robins, GA | $87,680 | 16% below national |
| 143 | Charlottesville, VA | $87,270 | 17% below national |
| 144 | Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area | $87,230 | 17% below national |
| 145 | Baton Rouge, LA | $87,110 | 17% below national |
| 146 | Portland-South Portland, ME | $87,060 | 17% below national |
| 147 | Syracuse, NY | $86,900 | 17% below national |
| 148 | Rochester, NY | $86,890 | 17% below national |
| 149 | Tucson, AZ | $86,480 | 17% below national |
| 150 | Cleveland, OH | $86,270 | 18% below national |
| 151 | Lexington-Fayette, KY | $85,680 | 18% below national |
| 152 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $85,630 | 18% below national |
| 153 | Ann Arbor, MI | $85,560 | 18% below national |
| 154 | Athens-Clarke County, GA | $85,440 | 18% below national |
| 155 | Bozeman, MT | $85,270 | 18% below national |
| 156 | Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | $84,890 | 19% below national |
| 157 | Binghamton, NY | $84,820 | 19% below national |
| 158 | Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | $84,780 | 19% below national |
| 159 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | $84,780 | 19% below national |
| 160 | Mobile, AL | $84,650 | 19% below national |
| 161 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $84,600 | 19% below national |
| 162 | Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | $84,270 | 19% below national |
| 163 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $83,940 | 20% below national |
| 164 | Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area | $83,550 | 20% below national |
| 165 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $83,510 | 20% below national |
| 166 | Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $83,190 | 20% below national |
| 167 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | $83,180 | 20% below national |
| 168 | West Montana nonmetropolitan area | $83,180 | 20% below national |
| 169 | Central East New York nonmetropolitan area | $83,070 | 21% below national |
| 170 | Las Cruces, NM | $82,810 | 21% below national |
| 171 | Waterbury-Shelton, CT | $82,540 | 21% below national |
| 172 | Tallahassee, FL | $82,180 | 21% below national |
| 173 | Logan, UT-ID | $82,050 | 22% below national |
| 174 | Roanoke, VA | $81,760 | 22% below national |
| 175 | Tuscaloosa, AL | $81,690 | 22% below national |
| 176 | Boise City, ID | $81,390 | 22% below national |
| 177 | Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | $81,300 | 22% below national |
| 178 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | $81,160 | 22% below national |
| 179 | Decatur, AL | $80,770 | 23% below national |
| 180 | Canton-Massillon, OH | $80,700 | 23% below national |
| 181 | Fort Wayne, IN | $80,060 | 23% below national |
| 182 | Wichita, KS | $79,660 | 24% below national |
| 183 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $79,370 | 24% below national |
| 184 | Topeka, KS | $79,330 | 24% below national |
| 185 | Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | $79,070 | 24% below national |
| 186 | South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | $78,640 | 25% below national |
| 187 | Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $78,460 | 25% below national |
| 188 | Helena, MT | $78,280 | 25% below national |
| 189 | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | $78,280 | 25% below national |
| 190 | Gainesville, FL | $78,070 | 25% below national |
| 191 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $78,000 | 25% below national |
| 192 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $77,960 | 25% below national |
| 193 | Billings, MT | $77,930 | 26% below national |
| 194 | South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $77,890 | 26% below national |
| 195 | Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $77,780 | 26% below national |
| 196 | Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $77,480 | 26% below national |
| 197 | Reading, PA | $77,340 | 26% below national |
| 198 | Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $76,880 | 27% below national |
| 199 | West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $76,340 | 27% below national |
| 200 | Toledo, OH | $76,050 | 27% below national |
| 201 | Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area | $75,880 | 27% below national |
| 202 | Fargo, ND-MN | $75,750 | 28% below national |
| 203 | North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area | $75,540 | 28% below national |
| 204 | Springfield, MO | $74,640 | 29% below national |
| 205 | Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $73,890 | 29% below national |
| 206 | Springfield, IL | $72,760 | 30% below national |
| 207 | Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | $72,200 | 31% below national |
| 208 | Dover, DE | $71,970 | 31% below national |
| 209 | Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $71,950 | 31% below national |
| 210 | Jefferson City, MO | $71,330 | 32% below national |
| 211 | Oklahoma City, OK | $70,500 | 33% below national |
| 212 | Lynchburg, VA | $70,440 | 33% below national |
| 213 | South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area | $69,300 | 34% below national |
| 214 | Erie, PA | $67,880 | 35% below national |
| 215 | Naples-Marco Island, FL | $67,810 | 35% below national |
| 216 | High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area | $67,660 | 35% below national |
| 217 | Charleston, WV | $63,110 | 40% below national |
| 218 | Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $56,720 | 46% below national |
| 219 | Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | $54,400 | 48% below national |
| 220 | El Paso, TX | $53,720 | 49% below national |
| 221 | San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | $51,830 | 50% below national |
| 222 | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | $45,950 | 56% below national |
| 223 | Punta Gorda, FL | $43,100 | 59% below national |
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