Database Administrator salary
What a database administrator actually earns, from 296 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-06.
Switch the market above to see database administrator pay in the 2 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A database administrator earns a blended US median near 105,667 dollars, with the typical middle running from 88,358 dollars to 126,467 dollars. The official OEWS median is 104,620 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 8 percent since 2021. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 96,737 dollars to 111,496 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 5% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is bi developer, at 21 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open database administrator roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
Senior ASE Database Administrator at BayNova LLCUnited States · Remote1d agoApply
PostgreSQL Database Engineer at ITech Consult AGZürich, Zürich, Switzerland1d agoApply- Senior Datenbankadministrator (Oracle & PostgreSQL) at Coopers Group AGSwitzerland1d agoApply
- Senior Datenbankadministrator (Oracle & PostgreSQL) at Coopers Group AGMunich · Remote2d agoApply
- Database Developer at NewGen TechnologiesHerndon, VA2d agoApply
- Database Developer 1 (Remote) at Apidel TechnologiesPhoenix, AZ · Remote2d agoApply
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United States$88,358$105,667$126,467
- United Kingdom$61,181$81,180$154,309
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 9'949/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 25 Spezialisten in der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 119'388 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Washington$114,700
- North Carolina$108,430
- New York$106,940
- Illinois$101,070
- Arizona$96,320
- Missouri$87,600
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a database administrator profile already covers.
- 600 open data engineer roles$147,787 median · +$42,120 · 20% readiness
- 600 open devops engineer roles$141,732 median · +$36,065 · 15% readiness
- 135 open network engineer roles$127,192 median · +$21,525 · 33% readiness
- 600 open qa engineer roles$112,217 median · +$6,550 · 14% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a database administrator.
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- BI Developer salary$104,409 median
- Data Analyst salary$100,249 median
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Quick answers
How much does a database administrator make?
The blended US median is about 105,667 dollars, with a typical range from 88,358 dollars to 126,467 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 104,620 dollars.
Is database administrator a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 5% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a database administrator move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is bi developer, at 21 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 15-1242. Unemployment is the 2025 BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) CPS (Current Population Survey) annual-average rate for “Database administrators and architects.” Live corpus 296 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.