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Database Administrators — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$104,620
United States, 2025
Employment
69,990
United States, 2025
Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone 4
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Administer, test, and implement computer databases, applying knowledge of database management systems. Coordinate changes to computer databases. Identify, investigate, and resolve database performance issues, database capacity, and database scalability. May plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard computer databases.
- O*NET code
- 15-1242.00
- Job zone
- 4
- Experience required
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
Typical tasks
- Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct programmers and analysts to make changes.
- Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.
- Plan and install upgrades of database management system software to enhance database performance.
- Specify users and user access levels for each segment of database.
- Test changes to database applications or systems.
- Test programs or databases, correct errors, and make necessary modifications.
- Train users and answer questions.
- Provide technical support to junior staff or clients.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$60,230
25th percentile
$79,610
75th percentile
$135,460
90th percentile
$163,320
Most important skills
- Critical Thinking3.9
- Complex Problem Solving3.9
- Reading Comprehension3.8
- Active Listening3.8
- Judgment and Decision Making3.8
- Active Learning3.5
- Programming3.4
- Speaking3.4
- Writing3.3
- Monitoring3.3
- Operations Analysis3.1
- Systems Analysis3.1
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 17 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
17
Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.
Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.9 | 4.1 | Not selected | 4.1 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.8 | 4.3 | Not selected | 4.3 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.9 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.8 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Active Listening | 3.8 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Active Learning | 3.5 | 4.1 | Not selected | 4.1 |
| Programming | 3.4 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Speaking | 3.4 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Writing | 3.3 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Monitoring | 3.3 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Systems Evaluation | 3.1 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Systems Analysis | 3.1 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Instructing | 3.0 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Mathematics | 3.0 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Operations Analysis | 3.1 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Learning Strategies | 3.0 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Coordination | 3.0 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Database AdministratorsHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $138,620 | 580 | 2025 |
| UT | $135,750 | 1,200 | 2025 |
| Seattle, WA | $133,180 | 1,010 | 2025 |
| Boston, MA | $132,370 | 1,910 | 2025 |
| San Luis Obispo, CA | $130,780 | 60 | 2025 |
| MA | $129,300 | 2,310 | 2025 |
| Provo, UT | $129,010 | 160 | 2025 |
| Fort Collins, CO | $128,780 | 60 | 2025 |
| San Francisco, CA | $127,760 | 1,470 | 2025 |
| NJ | $125,860 | 1,810 | 2025 |
| Bridgeport, CT | $125,760 | 200 | 2025 |
| Vallejo, CA | $125,600 | 30 | 2025 |
| Tampa, FL | $124,560 | 670 | 2025 |
| MD | $124,300 | 2,300 | 2025 |
| Oxnard, CA | $124,040 | 110 | 2025 |
| Nashville, TN | $123,920 | 750 | 2025 |
| Austin, TX | $123,830 | 1,110 | 2025 |
| Baltimore, MD | $123,730 | 1,190 | 2025 |
| Trenton, NJ | $123,490 | 170 | 2025 |
| Raleigh, NC | $122,950 | 510 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Build a transition comparisonCareer and skills data: O*NET 31.0.
Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.