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Database Administrators

SOC 15-1242 · 2024-2034

Administer, test, and implement computer databases, applying knowledge of database management systems. Coordinate changes to computer databases. Identify, investigate, and resolve database performance issues, database capacity, and database scalability. May plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard computer databases.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

What California expects of this job

Typical pay in California
$116,225per year
Projected openings
3,800
Projected change
+1.4%
Usually needs
Bachelor's degree

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Complex Problem Solving
  2. Critical Thinking
  3. Judgment and Decision Making
  4. Reading Comprehension
  5. Active Listening
  6. Active Learning

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$152,464450
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$128,623340
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)$128,52050
Vallejo MSA (Solano County)$125,11030
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$124,771720
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$116,924450
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$116,75950
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$114,345600
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$112,58930
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$109,72380
San Rafael MD (Marin County)$109,53330
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$108,8481,210
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$108,634270
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$106,796540
Merced MSA (Merced County)$105,87120
Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County)$105,87120
Salinas MSA (Monterey County)$104,47420
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)$100,00640
Chico MSA (Butte County)$99,69820
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)$98,47560
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$95,55860
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)$94,10030

What the pay actually ranges across

The lowest-paid tenth earn under
$64,157
A quarter earn under
$86,064
Half earn under
$116,225
Three quarters earn under
$158,681
The highest-paid tenth earn over
$183,301

A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

OccupationTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Software Developers$179,292207,260+18.4%
Database Architects$174,9233,880+9.5%
Computer Systems Analysts$131,29541,500+9.7%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators$109,42011,510-4.5%
Computer Occupations, All Other$138,20359,320+11.1%

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