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2007 salary survey of database professionals
This is a new
2007 IT salary survey, showing the average salaries for database
professionals, relating to other IT job categories, shoeing that an
"average" DBA earns about $75k in 2007, just below
engineers:
| JOB TITLE |
|
SALARY |
| Executive
Management |
|
$97,616 |
| Sr IT
Management |
|
$91,185 |
| Consultant |
|
$84,627 |
| Computer
Security Specialists |
|
$82,237 |
| Computer
Software Engineers |
|
$78,405 |
| Engineer -
other |
|
$77,527 |
| Database
Administrator/Analyst |
|
$74,623 |
However, there is
a wide variation in salaries for Oracle professionals depending upon
specialized expertise (RAC) and location.
In
my article
how to become an Oracle DBA, we see that
hard-working kids who have distinguished themselves by
graduating from a top-tier university are aggressively
courted by the major software vendors (Oracle
likes to hire from Harvard, MIT, etc.).
Here are my notes on
Oracle Salary Compensation,
and there is a wide variation according to the
responsibilities of the DBA job, the quality of the DBA,
the cost of living, and the experience of the DBA.
Here is a 2005
Oracle DBA salary survey
showing the national average
for DBA's at $65,000 per year,
and compared to the 2007 figure of $75,000, it suggests
a growth rate of about 12% per year.
Salary = (age time two)
On average, an Oracle professional can expect
to earn approximately age x 2. If you are 22 years old, expect
a starting salary for an entry-level Oracle administration job to be
about $44,000. As your experience increases, so does your
salary, such that you could expect about $100,000 per year when you
are 50 years old (age x 2) with 28 years experience.
However, there is a huge
variation in DBA salary.
Back in 1981, the average
DBA salary was about age+10,
and a DBA right out of
college could expect to earn
$32k/year, a nice salary
back when gasoline was 80
cents a gallon. Today,
inflation and increased
demand have increased the
DBA pay scale:
Low Tier DBA
An Oracle DBA without
college and less than 10
years experience earns
about age*2, a 25
year-old earning about
$50k/year.
Middle Tier DBA
A DBA with a Bachelors
degree and ten years
full-time work
experience can earn up
to age*3, with a 35
year-old DBA earning
about $105/year.
Senior DBA
A senior DBA with a
Masters degree, 20 years
experience managing
mission critical
database can earn up to
age*4, with a 45
year-old DBA manager
earning up to
$180k/year.
Superstar DBA
For those
DBA Superstars with
advanced degrees and
specialized skills (RAC,
Oracle Apps), the
pay is often as high as
age*6 and a 35 year-old
superstar can earn up to
$210k per year.
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