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Salary Information for Database Administrator (DBA)




Sarlary Information by payscale


Database Administrator (DBA) (United States)

California          $56330  
 
New York            $59550  
 
Texas               $50330  
 
Florida             $50230  
 
Illinois            $50350  
 
Ohio                $51310  
 
Pennsylvania        $53810  
 
Massachusetts       $55460 
 

Senior Database Administrator (DBA) (United States)


California         $89000  
 
New York           $95000  
 
Texas              $82000  
 
Florida            $80000  
 
Virginia           $90000  
 
Massachusetts      $85000  
 
Georgia            $90000  
 
Washington         $85000  


Database Analyst/Programmer (United States)


California       $62000  
 
Texas            $53500  
 
New York         $50000  
 
Illinois         $49000  
 
Florida          $61200  
 
New Jersey       $48000  
 
Pennsylvania     $50000  
 
Washington       $56000 

Database Manager (United States)


California     $59000  
 
New York       $46500  
 
Florida        $43298  
 
Virginia       $69000  
 
New Jersey     $46000  
 
Massachusetts  $80000  
 
Illinois       $52500  
 
Texas          $66500  

Database Administrator (DBA) (Canada)

Ontario            $41806	

Alberta            $45606	

British Columbia   $41806
	
Québec             $45606	

Nova Scotia        $25843
	
New Brunswick      $45606	

Manitoba           $35968	

Saskatchewan       $49407

Senior Database Administrator (DBA) (Canada)

Toronto          $58908	

Calgary          $58908	

Vancouver        $72210
	
Ottawa           $60615	

Toronto-York     $60048

Database Analyst/Programmer (Canada)

Toronto                $41045	

Vancouver              $39145
	
Edmonton               $37321	

Toronto-York           $45606	

Montreal               $35193	

Montreal-Centre-Ville  $32456


Sarlary Information by itjobswatch


DBA Average Salaries (UK region)

 
England              £41,387 
Scotland             £36,803 
Wales                £39,268 
Northern Ireland     £40,500 


Sarlary Information by mcpmag


http://mcpmag.com/salarysurveys/article.asp?EditorialsID=66

August 2002
The Microsoft Certified Database Administrator designation is intended for professionals who implement and administer Microsoft SQL Server databases. The certification is appropriate for individuals who derive physical database designs, develop logical data models, create physical databases, create data services by using Transact-SQL, manage and maintain databases, configure and manage security, monitor and optimize databases, and install and configure SQL Server. MCDBA candidates should have at least one year of experience working with SQL Server and are required to pass three current core exams and one current elective exam.

MCDBA
Average Regional Salary
Regional Totals $68,000
West $69,400
Midwest $64,600
South $65,600
Mid-Atlantic $73,100
Northeast $74,600

MCDBA Total  West  Mid-
west
South Mid-
Atlantic
North-
east
Age  
18-24 $52 $49 * $53 * *
25-29 $63 $63 $57 $64 $65 $71
30-34 $70 $76 $66 $65 $78 $77
35-39 $69 $74 $68 $66 $70 *
40-44 $71 $68 $71 $68 $80 *
45-49 $70 $69 $57 $71 * *
50-54 $74 * * $73 * *
55+ $74 * * * * *
Length of Experience  
1 year or less $44 $41 * * * *
2 years $50 $65 * $44 * *
3 years $58 $62 $51 $56 * *
4 years $62 $68 $60 $58 $64 *
5-9 years $70 $71 $65 $68 $71 $79
10-14 years $76 $78 $76 $71 $89 *
More than 15 years $81 $78 $77 $83 $87 *
Job Title            
Network engineer $61 $59 $56 $59 $75 $66
Programmer/analyst $67 $70 $67 $65 $70 *
Project lead/networking** $78 $85 * $69 * *
Project lead/programming** $81 $93 $73 $78 * *
Management $77 $68 $73 $78 $87 $90
Trainer $67 $73 $59 $65 $67 *
Database administrator/
developer
$69 $75 $68 $65 $73 $71
Webmaster/developer
/producer
$70 $60 * $67 * *
Help desk/user support $51 $54 * $51 * *
Gender            
Male $68 $70 $65 $66 $73 $76
Female $64 $63 $65 $61 $70 *
Compensation x $1,000; all figures rounded to nearest 1,000.
*Indicates insufficient data.
**Non-supervisory


Sarlary Information by salary


Entry Level Database Analyst 25th%ile Median 75th%ile
the United States $43,964 $50,152 $58,201


Senior Database Analyst 25th%ile Median 75th%ile
the United States $67,621 $77,077 $87,152


Database Administrator 25th%ile Median 75th%ile
the United States $72,765 $83,527 $94,695

Salary Information for Database Administrator (DBA)