Database Administrator salary
What a database administrator actually earns, from 283 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 2026-07-23.
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 99,200 dollars, with the typical middle running from 79,958 dollars to 120,935 dollars. The official OEWS median is higher, 104,620 dollars, because job ads skew toward the roles that pay below the occupation-wide average. The official trend has moved up about 8 percent since 2021. Demand is rated high, and 2% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is bi developer, at 23 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.
- Oracle Database Administrator with IRS MBI Clearance3M Consultancy · United StatesRemoteJul 22
- Database Developer ExpertExperian · Costa Mesa, USRemoteJul 17
- Senior Staff Database EngineerServiceNow · West Palm Beach, USRemoteJul 9
- Senior Database EngineerServiceNow · West Palm Beach, USRemoteJul 7
- Senior Cloud Database EngineerMarqeta · Remote, USARemoteMay 14
- Staff Database EngineerHarvey · San Francisco$191k–$286kRemoteMar 20
By country
- United States$79,958 – $120,935 · median $99,200
- United Kingdom$57,135 – $84,206 · median $69,112
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Washingtonmedian $114,700
- North Carolinamedian $108,430
- Utahmedian $97,890
- Arizonamedian $96,320
- Missourimedian $87,600
- Indianamedian $83,600
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Quick answers
How much does a database administrator make?
The blended US median is about 99,200 dollars, with a typical range from 79,958 dollars to 120,935 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 2% 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 23 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 283 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.