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Database Administrators · SOC 15-1242

Database Administrators Salary in the Reading Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Reading, PA metro area

Figures describe the Reading, PA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Reading city limits.

Median annual wage$84,290
Median hourly wage$40.53

Database Administrators in the Reading, PA metro area earned a median of $84,290 per year ($40.53 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $59,880 at the 10th percentile to $149,350 at the 90th. BLS estimates 60 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Database Administrators in the Reading metro area earn more than $84,290 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $62,470 and $124,950.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$59,880$62,470$84,290$124,950$149,350
Hourly$28.79$30.03$40.53$60.07$71.80

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Reading metro areathis metro area
    $84,290
  • Pennsylvaniastate (PA)
    $100,110
  • United Statesnational
    $104,620

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −16% vs Pennsylvania overall and −19% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$53,410$81,813$110,217$138,620San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $53,410Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $57,680Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $65,210Charleston, WV — $70,280Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $72,170Erie, PA — $74,540Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $76,820New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $76,990Toledo, OH — $77,200El Paso, TX — $78,520Springfield, IL — $79,150Columbia, MO — $79,240Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $79,730Lynchburg, VA — $79,910Billings, MT — $80,290Great Falls, MT — $80,470Oklahoma City, OK — $81,070Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $81,300Rochester, NY — $81,490Auburn-Opelika, AL — $81,710Cedar Rapids, IA — $82,310Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $82,320Fort Wayne, IN — $82,560Boise City, ID — $82,620Missoula, MT — $82,630Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $82,640Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $82,650South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $82,790McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $82,890Dover, DE — $83,080Helena, MT — $83,120Chattanooga, TN-GA — $83,260Portland-South Portland, ME — $83,290Columbia, SC — $83,330Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $83,640Salinas, CA — $83,970Jefferson City, MO — $84,220Wichita, KS — $84,260Reading, PA — $84,290Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $84,420Bend, OR — $84,660Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $84,730Logan, UT-ID — $84,740Topeka, KS — $84,880Urban Honolulu, HI — $84,880Springfield, MO — $85,130Eugene-Springfield, OR — $85,280Las Cruces, NM — $85,530Tallahassee, FL — $85,590York-Hanover, PA — $85,630Tuscaloosa, AL — $85,800Lancaster, PA — $86,720Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $86,800Syracuse, NY — $86,810Peoria, IL — $86,960Binghamton, NY — $87,270Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $87,560Roanoke, VA — $87,990Winchester, VA-WV — $88,130Utica-Rome, NY — $88,360Eau Claire, WI — $88,460Lexington-Fayette, KY — $88,490Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $88,570Naples-Marco Island, FL — $89,010Fargo, ND-MN — $89,060Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $89,070Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $89,230Lincoln, NE — $89,350Mobile, AL — $89,470Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $89,990Spartanburg, SC — $89,990Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $90,290Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $90,480North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $90,550Gainesville, FL — $90,570Fresno, CA — $90,860Athens-Clarke County, GA — $91,360Bozeman, MT — $91,970Akron, OH — $92,420Greensboro-High Point, NC — $92,500Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $92,680Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $92,800Charlottesville, VA — $93,500Chico, CA — $93,650Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $93,860Warner Robins, GA — $94,670Stockton-Lodi, CA — $94,920Montgomery, AL — $95,370Asheville, NC — $96,370Florence, SC — $96,580Savannah, GA — $96,740Evansville, IN — $96,800Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $96,850Jackson, MS — $97,560Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $97,570Manchester-Nashua, NH — $97,700College Station-Bryan, TX — $97,720Modesto, CA — $97,850Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $98,180Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $98,370Albuquerque, NM — $98,450Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $98,990Cleveland, OH — $99,010Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $99,140Richmond, VA — $99,690New Haven, CT — $99,800Santa Fe, NM — $99,860Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $99,870Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $99,870Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $99,990Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $100,110Tucson, AZ — $100,790Columbus, OH — $101,450Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $101,510Iowa City, IA — $101,580Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $101,610Tyler, TX — $101,680Birmingham, AL — $101,850Pittsburgh, PA — $102,070Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $102,160Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $102,310Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $102,360Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $102,510Huntsville, AL — $103,110Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $103,110Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $103,440Worcester, MA — $103,620Kansas City, MO-KS — $103,640Rochester, MN — $103,920Green Bay, WI — $103,990Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $104,280Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $104,340Bloomington, IN — $104,360St. Louis, MO-IL — $104,650Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $104,880Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $104,930Kenosha, WI — $105,400Salem, OR — $105,470Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $105,590Madison, WI — $105,680Omaha, NE-IA — $106,270Greeley, CO — $106,610San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $106,820Baton Rouge, LA — $107,240Reno, NV — $107,270San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $107,410Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $107,620Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $108,270Winston-Salem, NC — $108,510Ogden, UT — $108,600Ann Arbor, MI — $108,740Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $108,750Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $109,090Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $109,680Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $109,750Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $110,160Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $110,740Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $110,950Bellingham, WA — $111,990Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $112,160Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $112,540Tulsa, OK — $113,420Jacksonville, FL — $113,500Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $113,890Champaign-Urbana, IL — $114,630Springfield, MA — $114,850Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $115,100Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $115,330Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $116,030Boulder, CO — $116,250Lexington Park, MD — $116,630Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $117,950Colorado Springs, CO — $118,170Columbus, GA-AL — $119,740Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $120,120Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $120,500Anchorage, AK — $121,260New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $121,550Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $122,390Raleigh-Cary, NC — $122,950Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $123,490Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $123,730Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $123,830Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $123,920Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $124,040Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $124,560Vallejo, CA — $125,600Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $125,760San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $127,760Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $128,780Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $129,010San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $130,780Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $132,370Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $133,180San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $138,620

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Reading metro area has the 157th-highest published median for this occupation among the 195 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Pennsylvania

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for database administrators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Reading metro areathis page
    $84,290
  • Philadelphia metro area
    $104,930
  • Pittsburgh metro area
    $102,070
  • Harrisburg metro area
    $100,110
  • Lancaster metro area
    $86,720
  • York metro area
    $85,630
  • Allentown metro area
    $82,640

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Computer User Support Specialists$58,460Software Developers$120,920Computer Systems Analysts$99,980Computer Occupations, All Other$102,370Data Scientists$100,340Network and Computer Systems Administrators$87,540

Highest-paying metro areas for database administratorss · Highest-paying occupations in Reading Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.