The annual salary statistics of database administrators in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage data of database administrators in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $41,370 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $46,480 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $62,130 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $90,590 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $100,360 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for database administrators in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $100,360. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $62,130. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $41,370.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of database administrators from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $62,130 | -8.82% | -1.80% |
| 2017 | $67,610 | 24.72% | - |
| 2016 | $50,900 | -28.09% | - |
| 2015 | $65,200 | 4.31% | - |
| 2014 | $62,390 | -5.18% | - |
| 2013 | $65,620 | 3.61% | - |
| 2012 | $63,250 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $62,130 in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton is in the middle of salary range for database administrators in state of North Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of database administrators in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton is 37.7 percent (37.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Raleigh-Cary and 24.1 percent (24.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area.