The annual salary statistics of database administrators in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of database administrators in Buffalo-Niagara Falls 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 | $41,550 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $53,120 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $77,030 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $110,660 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $127,960 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for database administrators in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $127,960. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $77,030. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $41,550.
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 | $77,030 | 8.36% | 14.35% |
| 2017 | $70,590 | -5.10% | - |
| 2016 | $74,190 | 3.92% | - |
| 2015 | $71,280 | 0.91% | - |
| 2014 | $70,630 | 4.42% | - |
| 2013 | $67,510 | 2.27% | - |
| 2012 | $65,980 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $77,030 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for database administrators in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of database administrators in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 25.9 percent (25.9%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 34.2 percent (34.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area.