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Database Administrators

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

There are about 119,000 for database administrators in the US. For this occupation the level of unemployment is relatively very low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Of those surveyed, 5% of employees work part-time. Approximately 1% of database administrators work for themselves.

Training and Education

Prior to starting this profession, consider obtaining a bachelor's degree. Government data shows that 72% of employees have a bachelor's degree or higher. Those who have gone to college, but don't have a degree make up 24% of database administrators. For 5% of workers a high-school education was all they required. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

The cities with the most employees jobs, compared to the population, are Boulder (Colorado), Ithaca (New York), and Durham (North Carolina). Fewer are found in Hickory (North Carolina), Gary (Indiana), and Youngstown (Ohio).

Database administrators earn higher incomes in San Francisco (California), Stockton (California), and Trenton (New Jersey), and lower incomes in Johnson City (Tennessee), Port St. Lucie (Florida), and Lynchburg (Virginia).

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Database Administrators: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Database Administrators, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Database Administrators are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Database Administrators are starred .

State	Area	Positions	Typical Pay	Popularity in Area
Alabama	Birmingham	350	$65,090	0.7
Alabama	Huntsville	350	$65,430	1.9
Alabama	Mobile	70	$48,410	0.4
Alabama	Montgomery	100	$64,060	0.7
Alabama	Tuscaloosa	40	$50,070	0.5
Alaska	Anchorage	100	$77,610	0.7
Arizona	Flagstaff	40	$63,960	0.9
Arizona	Phoenix	2,010	$66,250	1.2
Arizona	Tucson	370	$59,840	1.1
Arkansas	Fayetteville	200	$57,400	1.1
Arkansas	Fort Smith	40	$65,530	0.4
Arkansas	Little Rock	500	$70,960	1.6
California	Bakersfield	110	$61,980	0.5
California	Fresno	90	$57,810	0.3
California	Modesto	40	$65,480	0.3
California	Oakland	1,110	$82,860	1.2
California	Oxnard	220	$72,240	0.8
California	Redding	50	$56,760	0.9
California	Riverside	380	$73,660	0.3
California	Sacramento	760	$75,400	0.9
California	Salinas	50	$70,230	0.4
California	San Diego	1,380	$64,010	1.1
California	San Francisco	1,410	$90,820	1.5
California	Santa Ana	1,370	$72,420	1
California	Santa Barbara	90	$71,140	0.6
California	Santa Cruz	60	$68,470	0.8
California	Santa Rosa	90	$74,360	0.6
California	Stockton	70	$90,130	0.4
California	Vallejo	90	$81,020	0.9
Colorado	Boulder	640	$71,130	4.5
Colorado	Colorado Springs	260	$73,890	1.2
Colorado	Denver	2,170	$72,930	1.9
Colorado	Fort Collins	90	$66,450	0.9
Connecticut	Bridgeport	960	$71,150	2.4
Connecticut	Hartford	570	$77,230	1.1
Connecticut	New Haven	190	$76,800	0.8
Connecticut	Norwich	50	$71,600	0.5
Delaware	Wilmington	560	$77,460	1.9
District of Columbia	Washington	5,230	$81,260	2.4
Florida	Cape Coral	120	$74,260	0.6
Florida	Deltona	60	$55,840	0.4
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	630	$66,270	0.9
Florida	Fort Walton Beach	60	$58,950	1
Florida	Gainesville	60	$63,010	0.6
Florida	Jacksonville	660	$61,280	1.2
Florida	Lakeland	130	$61,960	0.8
Florida	Miami	430	$67,940	0.5
Florida	Naples	40	$68,510	0.4
Florida	Ocala	30	$51,930	0.4
Florida	Orlando	960	$66,030	1
Florida	Palm Bay	220	$73,330	1.3
Florida	Pensacola	80	$53,460	0.6
Florida	Port St Lucie	70	$47,910	0.6
Florida	Sarasota	90	$65,250	0.4
Florida	Tallahassee	240	$57,450	1.7
Florida	Tampa	1,410	$69,310	1.3
Florida	West Palm Beach	450	$73,090	0.9
Georgia	Atlanta	2,980	$75,860	1.4
Georgia	Augusta	70	$59,210	0.4
Georgia	Columbus	70	$73,850	0.7
Georgia	Savannah	60	$57,500	0.5
Georgia	Warner Robins	50	$59,570	1.3
Hawaii	Honolulu	220	$60,720	0.6
Idaho	Boise	180	$73,990	0.7
Illinois	Champaign	60	$74,500	0.8
Illinois	Chicago	3,810	$75,120	1.1
Illinois	Peoria	80	$61,480	0.5
Illinois	Rockford	40	$59,750	0.3
Illinois	Springfield	70	$72,700	0.8
Indiana	Evansville	100	$59,220	0.7
Indiana	Fort Wayne	140	$64,000	0.7
Indiana	Gary	50	$61,250	0.2
Indiana	Indianapolis	1,000	$65,820	1.2
Indiana	Lafayette	90	$63,610	1.4
Indiana	South Bend	100	$54,990	0.8
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	80	$67,320	0.7
Iowa	Davenport	90	$65,080	0.6
Iowa	Des Moines	290	$72,510	1
Iowa	Iowa City	90	$61,060	1.5
Iowa	Waterloo	30	$65,120	0.4
Kansas	Topeka	120	$62,730	1.3
Kansas	Wichita	150	$57,210	0.5
Kentucky	Lexington	660	$62,970	3
Kentucky	Louisville	660	$62,360	1.2
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	90	$62,260	0.3
Louisiana	Lafayette	30	$50,730	0.2
Louisiana	New Orleans	220	$64,720	0.5
Maine	Portland	150	$68,930	0.8
Maryland	Baltimore	1,850	$85,520	1.5
Maryland	Bethesda	990	$83,350	1.9
Maryland	Hagerstown	50	$51,820	0.6
Massachusetts	Boston	2,480	$80,180	1.6
Massachusetts	Brockton	30	$70,500	0.4
Massachusetts	Framingham	220	$81,590	1.5
Massachusetts	Lawrence	40	$61,340	0.9
Massachusetts	Lowell	150	$81,670	1.4
Massachusetts	Springfield	160	$71,660	0.6
Massachusetts	Worcester	200	$63,600	0.9
Michigan	Ann Arbor	160	$75,400	1.1
Michigan	Detroit	730	$68,180	1.1
Michigan	Flint	40	$62,260	0.3
Michigan	Grand Rapids	150	$64,820	0.4
Michigan	Kalamazoo	90	$58,280	0.8
Michigan	Lansing	230	$63,660	1.3
Michigan	Warren	1,000	$73,400	0.9
Minnesota	Duluth	40	$57,750	0.4
Minnesota	Minneapolis	2,110	$78,430	1.3
Minnesota	Rochester	160	$70,990	2
Mississippi	Gulfport	50	$51,490	0.5
Mississippi	Jackson	170	$53,500	0.7
Missouri	Columbia	40	$59,110	0.6
Missouri	Jefferson City	50	$59,700	0.9
Missouri	Joplin	30	$59,480	0.4
Missouri	Springfield	70	$58,230	0.4
Missouri	St Louis	1,950	$62,110	1.6
Montana	Missoula	40	$53,090	1
Nebraska	Lincoln	170	$54,240	1.2
Nebraska	Omaha	700	$73,930	1.7
Nevada	Las Vegas	230	$81,520	0.3
Nevada	Reno	100	$54,400	0.5
New Hampshire	Manchester	50	$75,200	0.6
New Hampshire	Nashua	110	$81,590	0.9
New Jersey	Atlantic City	70	$70,510	0.5
New Jersey	Camden	260	$76,100	0.5
New Jersey	Edison	1,030	$79,930	1.1
New Jersey	Newark	1,020	$76,880	1.1
New Jersey	Trenton	300	$79,510	1.6
New Mexico	Albuquerque	320	$60,360	0.9
New Mexico	Las Cruces	70	$54,560	1.4
New Mexico	Santa Fe	80	$54,800	1.5
New York	Albany	540	$71,620	1.4
New York	Binghamton	50	$58,140	0.6
New York	Buffalo	400	$65,160	0.8
New York	Ithaca	120	$62,510	3.6
New York	Nassau	700	$77,970	0.6
New York	New York	7,010	$88,860	1.5
New York	Poughkeepsie	250	$62,470	1.2
New York	Rochester	430	$70,180	0.9
New York	Syracuse	100	$70,810	0.4
New York	Utica	80	$54,510	0.7
North Carolina	Asheville	50	$47,070	0.3
North Carolina	Burlington	30	$58,400	0.6
North Carolina	Charlotte	720	$80,130	0.9
North Carolina	Durham	810	$73,500	3.3
North Carolina	Greensboro	290	$73,050	0.9
North Carolina	Greenville	40	$62,550	0.7
North Carolina	Hickory	30	$59,090	0.2
North Carolina	Raleigh	440	$73,580	0.9
North Carolina	Wilmington	110	$51,140	0.9
North Carolina	Winston Salem	130	$78,520	0.7
Ohio	Akron	500	$66,800	1.6
Ohio	Canton	70	$70,490	0.5
Ohio	Cincinnati	840	$71,310	0.9
Ohio	Cleveland	1,010	$64,250	1
Ohio	Columbus	1,270	$73,840	1.5
Ohio	Dayton	330	$67,800	0.9
Ohio	Toledo	130	$58,300	0.5
Ohio	Youngstown	40	$55,560	0.2
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	440	$52,830	0.8
Oklahoma	Tulsa	330	$61,910	0.8
Oregon	Eugene	120	$67,780	0.9
Oregon	Portland	950	$75,930	1
Oregon	Salem	50	$65,690	0.4
Pennsylvania	Allentown	190	$58,920	0.6
Pennsylvania	Erie	90	$56,600	0.8
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	700	$68,820	2.4
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	80	$58,780	0.4
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1,970	$72,730	1.1
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	760	$60,390	0.7
Pennsylvania	Reading	80	$67,220	0.6
Pennsylvania	Scranton	80	$71,920	0.3
Pennsylvania	York	60	$61,340	0.4
Rhode Island	Providence	230		0.4
South Carolina	Charleston	280	$59,540	1.1
South Carolina	Columbia	550	$59,540	1.7
South Carolina	Greenville	250	$66,880	0.9
South Carolina	Myrtle Beach	40	$61,760	0.4
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	80	$64,970	0.7
Tennessee	Chattanooga	100	$55,020	0.5
Tennessee	Johnson City	50	$46,500	0.8
Tennessee	Knoxville	270	$64,720	0.9
Tennessee	Memphis	230	$66,760	0.4
Tennessee	Nashville	650	$70,250	0.9
Texas	Abilene	40	$40,700	0.8
Texas	Amarillo	80	$63,540	0.9
Texas	Austin	1,550	$71,750	2.2
Texas	Beaumont	40	$72,040	0.3
Texas	Brownsville	30	$56,380	0.3
Texas	College Station	90	$62,440	1.4
Texas	Corpus Christi	70	$50,650	0.5
Texas	Dallas	3,550	$72,140	1.8
Texas	El Paso	140	$54,340	0.6
Texas	Fort Worth	550	$67,820	0.7
Texas	Houston	2,530	$69,060	1.1
Texas	Killeen	130	$62,520	1.3
Texas	Longview	30	$55,760	0.4
Texas	Lubbock	30	$63,160	0.3
Texas	Mcallen	80	$44,530	0.4
Texas	Midland	40	$64,580	0.7
Texas	San Antonio	820	$62,610	1.1
Texas	Tyler	30	$58,210	0.4
Texas	Waco	70	$54,890	0.9
Utah	Ogden	120	$65,780	0.7
Utah	Provo	170	$71,340	1.2
Utah	Salt Lake City	620	$69,330	1.1
Vermont	Burlington	100	$56,800	1.1
Virginia	Blacksburg	40	$78,740	0.8
Virginia	Charlottesville	140	$70,060	1.8
Virginia	Lynchburg	70	$40,330	0.8
Virginia	Richmond	860	$74,770	1.6
Virginia	Roanoke	80	$65,260	0.6
Virginia	Virginia Beach	720	$60,780	1
Washington	Bellingham	40	$47,710	0.6
Washington	Kennewick	40	$66,330	0.5
Washington	Mount Vernon	40	$69,040	1.1
Washington	Olympia	50	$76,860	0.6
Washington	Seattle	2,040	$78,820	1.5
Washington	Spokane	130	$55,110	0.7
Washington	Tacoma	100	$72,760	0.4
West Virginia	Charleston	90	$53,390	0.7
West Virginia	Morgantown	40	$55,600	1.1
Wisconsin	Appleton	70	$57,940	0.7
Wisconsin	Green Bay	110	$62,110	0.7
Wisconsin	Madison	370	$66,150	1.2
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	680	$68,970	0.9
Wisconsin	Oshkosh	40	$71,370	0.6
Wisconsin	Racine	40	$60,510	0.6
Wisconsin	Wausau	70	$70,760	1.3

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