Database administrators install, configure, and tune database systems for performance, reliability, and security. Based on 1,423 certified H-1B and PERM filings from U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data, the median sponsored salary for a Database Administrator is $120,000 per year.
| Percentile | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| 10th (entry) | $76,378 |
| 25th | $94,159 |
| 50th (median) | $120,000 |
| 75th | $139,992 |
| 90th (senior) | $153,787 |
Every other salary site shows the LCA-posted wage — the wage for the position. Using USCIS I-129 petition data, we can compare that against the actual pay the sponsored worker received, and the prevailing-wage floor, across 770 matched Database Administrators petitions.
The median worker is paid 1.8% above the posted LCA wage, but the mean actual pay runs 3.9% above the mean posted wage — so the upside is concentrated in the top earners. 17.3% are paid above their posted wage, 80.6% at it, and 2.1% below.
Actual-pay data covers FY2021–FY2024 cap-subject H-1B lottery petitions matched to certified LCAs (aggregates only). Base wage excludes equity and bonuses, so it is not total compensation. Source: I-129 petition data sourced from USCIS, obtained by Bloomberg.
Of 1,423 filings, 89 are H-1B (temporary work visa) and 1,334 are PERM (green-card labor certification, 94% of the total).
| # | Employer | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COMPUNNEL SOFTWARE GROUP, INC | 49 | $119,988 |
| 2 | Deloitte LLP | 36 | $103,978 |
| 3 | TATA CONSLTANCY SERVICES LIMITED | 29 | $143,707 |
| 4 | FMR LLC | 24 | $125,509 |
| 5 | ServiceNow, Inc. | 20 | $138,948 |
| 6 | The Vanguard Group | 19 | $115,042 |
| 7 | MIRACLE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS INC. | 18 | $97,452 |
| 8 | ERNST & YOUNG LLP | 14 | $227,828 |
| 9 | IBM CORPORATION | 11 | $141,943 |
| 10 | Cisco Systems Capital Corporation | 11 | $141,328 |
| 11 | Visa Technology & Operations LLC | 10 | $128,934 |
| 12 | RELIABLE SOFTWARE RESOURCES, INC. | 8 | $94,279 |
| 13 | Charter Communications, Inc. | 8 | $106,500 |
| 14 | LTIMINDTREE LIMITED | 7 | $133,864 |
| 15 | ABAB Solutions INc | 6 | $76,378 |
| 16 | OPTUM SERVICES, INC. | 6 | $121,142 |
| 17 | QUALYS, INC. | 6 | $137,309 |
| 18 | NUMERO DATA LLC | 6 | $84,490 |
| 19 | CignaEvernorth Services, Inc. | 6 | $140,141 |
| 20 | DATAVAIL CORPORATION | 6 | $130,751 |
| State | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 60 | $107,524 |
| California | 60 | $134,207 |
| New York | 53 | $136,365 |
| New Jersey | 26 | $130,155 |
| Michigan | 25 | $97,888 |
| Virginia | 18 | $103,857 |
| Florida | 17 | $130,122 |
| Illinois | 16 | $119,587 |
| Massachusetts | 16 | $141,287 |
| North Carolina | 16 | $161,852 |
| Georgia | 14 | $96,987 |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | $108,082 |
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Salaries are the certified offered annual wage on public U.S. Department of Labor H-1B (LCA) and PERM disclosure filings, not a guarantee of pay. Occupation is the DOL-assigned Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code.