Database Administrators · SOC 15-1242

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Database Administratorss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for database administrators. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (4 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 195 metro areas

Database Administrators: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$138,620	580	0.5
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$133,180	1,010	0.5
3	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$132,370	1,910	0.7
4	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$130,780	60	0.5
5	Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	$129,010	160	0.5
6	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$128,780	60	0.4
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$127,760	1,470	0.6
8	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$125,760	200	0.5
9	Vallejo, CA	$125,600	30	0.2
10	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$124,560	670	0.5
11	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$124,040	110	0.3
12	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$123,920	750	0.7
13	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$123,830	1,110	0.9
14	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$123,730	1,190	0.9
15	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$123,490	170	0.7
16	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$122,950	510	0.7
17	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$122,390	2,430	0.6
18	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$121,550	3,630	0.4
19	Anchorage, AK	$121,260	50	0.3
20	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$120,500	410	0.4
21	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$120,120	800	0.5
22	Columbus, GA-AL	$119,740	40	0.3
23	Colorado Springs, CO	$118,170	110	0.4
24	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$117,950	220	0.6
25	Lexington Park, MD	$116,630	80	1.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Database Administrators overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.