Database Administrators
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.
Common Job Titles
- Database Administration Manager
- Database Administrator (DBA)
- Database Analyst
- Systems Administrator (Systems Admin)
Wage Data According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Annual wage data for Database Administrators (2024)
Estimated Total Employment (U.S.)
73,180
Wage Distribution by Percentile
Line chart of annual wages by percentile. U.S. is the solid line. 10th percentile: U.S. $56,820. 25th percentile: U.S. $76,100. 50th percentile: U.S. $104,620. 75th percentile: U.S. $132,850. 90th percentile: U.S. $160,890. Use the left and right arrow keys to move between percentiles.
- U.S.
| Metric | U.S. |
|---|---|
| 10% of workers earn the following or less | $56,820 |
| 10% of workers earn the following or more | $160,890 |
| Workers on average earn | $107,440 |
+ indicates wage is at or above the BLS reporting cap ($239,200/year)
Skills & Requirements
Key competencies for this occupation, ranked by importance
- Computers and Electronics4.8/5
- English Language4.0/5
- Customer and Personal Service3.9/5
- Mathematics3.5/5
- Telecommunications3.5/5
Tools & Technology
Equipment and software commonly used in this occupation
In-Demand Technology
Frequently requested by employers in job postings
- AJAX
- Amazon DynamoDB
- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2
- Amazon Redshift
- Amazon Simple Storage Service S3
- Amazon Web Services AWS CloudFormation
- Amazon Web Services AWS software
- Ansible software
- Apache Cassandra
- Apache Hadoop
- Apache Hive
- Apache Kafka
- Apache Maven
- Apache Spark
- Apache Subversion SVN
- Apache Tomcat
- Apple macOS
- Atlassian Confluence
- Atlassian JIRA
- Autodesk Revit
- Bash
- C
- C#
- C++
- Cascading style sheets CSS
- Chef
- Cisco Webex
- Django
- Docker
- Drupal
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Eclipse IDE
- Elasticsearch
- Epic Systems
- Extensible markup language XML
- Git
- GitHub
- Go
- Google Analytics
- Google Angular
- Hibernate ORM
- Hypertext markup language HTML
- IBM DB2
- IBM SPSS Statistics
- Informatica software
- JUnit
- JavaScript
- JavaScript Object Notation JSON
- Linux
- Marketo Marketing Automation
- Microsoft .NET Framework
- Microsoft ASP.NET
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP
- Microsoft Azure software
- Microsoft Dynamics
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Power BI
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft PowerShell
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services SSIS
- Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services SSRS
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications VBA
- Microsoft Visual Studio
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows Server
- Microsoft Word
- MongoDB
- MySQL
- NoSQL
- Node.js
- Oracle Database
- Oracle Java
- Oracle PL/SQL
- Oracle PeopleSoft
- Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
- Oracle SQL Developer
- PHP
- Perl
- PostgreSQL
- Puppet
- Python
- R
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Red Hat OpenShift
- Ruby
- SAP software
- SAS
- Salesforce software
- Scala
- Selenium
- Shell script
- Splunk Enterprise
- Spring Boot
- Spring Framework
- Structured query language SQL
- Swift
- Tableau
- Teradata Database
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Transact-SQL
- UNIX
- UNIX Shell
- jQuery
Technology Skills
- ADO.NET
- ASG Technologies ASG-Zeke
- Ab Initio
- Access management software
- Acronis Recovery Expert
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Advanced business application programming ABAP
- Amazon Data Pipeline
Tools & Equipment
- Desktop computers
- Hard disk drives
- Mainframe computers
- Notebook computers
- Redundant array of independent disks RAID systems
- Tape libraries