The annual salary statistics of database administrators in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania is shown in Table 1. The wage information of database administrators in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 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 | $50,360 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $66,500 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $90,360 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $116,970 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $135,300 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for database administrators in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $135,300. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $90,360. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $50,360.
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 | $90,360 | -1.17% | 12.15% |
| 2017 | $91,420 | 1.20% | - |
| 2016 | $90,320 | 8.05% | - |
| 2015 | $83,050 | 3.70% | - |
| 2014 | $79,980 | 4.39% | - |
| 2013 | $76,470 | -3.81% | - |
| 2012 | $79,380 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $90,360, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington is the second highest paying city for database administrators in state of Pennsylvania, following the highest paying city Newark-Union (median annual salary of $101,650). Compared with Newark-Union, the median annual salary of database administrators in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington is 11.1 percent (11.1%) lower.