Highest-paying Cities for Database Administrators

The top 100 highest paying cities for database administrators (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of database administrators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $122,760, Los Alamos County, New Mexico is the highest paying city for database administrators. It is followed by Dover-Durham, New Hampshire (average annual salary $116,730). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of database administrators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Database Administrators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$122,760	$85,440	40
2	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$116,730	$84,070	50
3	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$111,480	$68,660	60
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$111,430	$48,710	1,960
5	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$111,330	$63,500	1,760
6	Winchester, West Virginia	$110,330	$56,180	40
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$109,070	$58,620	2,420
8	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$108,080	$62,670	360
9	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$107,640	$39,350	620
10	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$107,410	$57,120	410
11	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$107,240	$64,220	1,640
12	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$106,790	$33,950	30
13	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$105,800	$55,180	50
14	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$105,000	$54,460	970
15	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$104,980	$58,810	1,750
16	Lynchburg, Virginia	$104,970	$43,380	50
17	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$103,900	$58,520	8,490
18	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$103,520	$61,510	4,520
19	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$103,060	$58,510	30
20	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$102,970	$54,300	30
21	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$102,050	$63,230	310
22	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$101,650	$53,700	1,330
23	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$101,060	$58,560	1,250
24	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$100,820	$57,810	920
25	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$100,640	$60,740	630
26	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$100,220	$55,750	2,610
27	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$99,690	$57,440	540
28	Columbus, Ohio	$99,210	$55,950	1,150
29	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$99,100	$55,500	690
30	Appleton, Wisconsin	$98,720	$64,850	40
31	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$98,290	$65,400	100
32	New Haven, Connecticut	$98,270	$59,030	130
33	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$97,970	$56,180	5,410
34	Rochester, Minnesota	$97,770	$62,050	60
35	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$97,730	$54,280	1,820
36	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$97,680	$55,920	3,020
37	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$97,670	$44,780	2,500
38	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$97,610	$49,180	520
39	Salt Lake City, Utah	$97,450	$53,320	660
40	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$97,400	$50,410	160
41	Columbus, Georgia	$97,330	$58,580	90
42	Punta Gorda, Florida	$97,000	$52,060	n/a
43	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$96,960	$50,820	120
44	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$96,600	$57,610	590
45	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$96,580	$59,590	3,410
46	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$96,530	$62,660	1,130
47	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$96,460	$47,260	1,010
48	Salem, Oregon	$96,440	$63,970	90
49	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$96,370	$56,950	4,620
50	Stockton, California	$96,260	$31,720	120
51	Chico, California	$95,920	$55,100	40
52	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$95,860	$53,750	790
53	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$95,840	$54,340	270
54	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$95,750	$52,100	160
55	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$95,500	$51,630	3,580
56	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$95,450	$52,930	2,340
57	East Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$95,110	$46,200	40
58	Bloomington, Illinois	$94,770	$72,370	130
59	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$94,450	$47,440	3,420
60	Camden, New Jersey	$94,390	$55,600	360
61	Provo-Orem, Utah	$94,290	$53,540	240
62	Ithaca, New York	$94,290	$62,420	40
63	Fresno, California	$94,120	$55,410	70
64	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$93,550	$59,420	420
65	Huntsville, Alabama	$93,350	$51,810	340
66	Jacksonville, Florida	$93,020	$46,870	850
67	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$92,750	$54,990	3,100
68	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$92,730	$58,590	1,890
69	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$92,490	$51,020	1,560
70	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$92,370	$56,910	320
71	Peoria, Illinois	$92,100	$57,120	140
72	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$91,630	$45,330	30
73	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$91,620	$55,190	130
74	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$91,460	$54,100	1,690
75	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$91,330	$49,440	4,780
76	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$91,150	$53,140	640
77	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$91,030	$50,950	1,370
78	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$91,010	$56,630	1,770
79	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$90,940	$51,360	1,980
80	Nashua, New Hampshire	$90,640	$54,290	70
81	St Louis, Missouri	$90,620	$55,160	1,620
82	Savannah, Georgia	$90,580	$51,970	40
83	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$90,360	$50,360	3,520
84	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$90,310	$55,370	360
85	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$89,750	$61,580	100
86	Framingham, Massachusetts	$89,670	$51,130	210
87	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$89,600	$58,260	80
88	St Marys County, Maryland	$89,540	$52,660	130
89	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$89,500	$58,260	470
90	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$89,500	$47,640	70
91	Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia	$89,460	$36,820	30
92	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$89,390	$64,610	970
93	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$89,380	$46,970	110
94	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$89,220	$46,400	40
95	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$89,190	$51,280	640
96	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$89,110	$58,060	570
97	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$89,000	$56,440	80
98	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$88,990	$50,580	3,860
99	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$88,980	$45,900	350
100	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$88,970	$53,230	100

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for database administrators.