Database Administrator, H-1B salary
What 16,464 H-1B filings report for “Database Administrator” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Database Administrator?
$82k median H-1B base salary for a Database Administrator, typically $62k to $108k, across 16,464 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in Nevada at $91k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1Nevada68$91k+$9k
- 2Washington349$90k+$8k
- 3District of Columbia136$87k+$5k
- 4Virginia674$87k+$5k
- 5Colorado207$86k+$4k
- 6Massachusetts363$85k+$3k
- 7North Carolina613$84k+$2k
- 8California2,163$84k+$2k
- 9New Jersey1,306$84k+$2k
- 10Texas2,696$84k+$2k
- 11Connecticut197$84k+$2k
- 12New York837$84k+$2k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $82kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for a Database Administrator?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Database Administrator roles are Tata Consultancy Services, Compunnel, Wipro, Appridat Solutions, and Sree Infotech, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Database Administrator filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Tata Consultancy Services1,721 filings$78k
- 2Compunnel443 filings$87k
- 3Wipro342 filings$76k
- 4Appridat Solutions268 filings$81k
- 5Sree Infotech256 filings$79k
- 6LTIMindtree232 filings$87k
- 7L&T Technology Services202 filings$74k
- 8IBM188 filings$82k
- 9Fujitsu173 filings$82k
- 10Margin5 Solutions152 filings$77k
- 11Sterling 5130 filings$84k
- 12Accenture117 filings$82k
- 13Sunmerge Systems98 filings$84k
- 14CGI91 filings$95k
- 15System Soft Technologies90 filings$88k
- 16Mphasis83 filings$93k
- 17Datawin Systems81 filings$84k
- 18Systems Technology Group81 filings$91k
- 19HTC Global Services77 filings$79k
- 20cyberThink74 filings$80k
- 21Tech Mahindra69 filings$82k
- 22Hitachi Vantara66 filings$80k
- 23Talent965 filings$81k
- 24Tnp Systems61 filings$78k
- 25Fidelis Software Solutions55 filings$81k
- 26Greenbyte Technologies51 filings$84k
- 27First Tek48 filings$80k
- 28Timesquare IT47 filings$76k
- 29Astir IT Solutions45 filings$81k
- 30Trendset IT44 filings$86k
- 31IT America44 filings$80k
- 32Csts Technologies42 filings$60k
- 33Verinon Technology Solutions42 filings$83k
- 34Applab Systems41 filings$68k
- 35Infoshare Systems40 filings$68k
- 36Cisco38 filings$117k
- 37Marvell Tech36 filings$66k
- 38Logixhub36 filings$75k
- 39V-Soft Consulting36 filings$77k
- 40Itechstack35 filings$94k
- 41Neo Tech Solutions35 filings$90k
- 42Apexon34 filings$90k
- 43Camelot Integrated Solutions34 filings$89k
- 44Siri Infosolutions33 filings$95k
- 45Innova Solutions33 filings$96k
- 46Elan Technologies32 filings$80k
- 47FatPipe Technologies31 filings$78k
- 48Pnr Software Solutions30 filings$60k
- 49Atos Syntel29 filings$95k
- 50Nrich Enterprise Solutions27 filings$75k
Related titles in this family
38,067 filings carry “Database Administrator” in the title, across 3,390 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Sr. SQL Database Administrator3,355 filings$80k
- 2Senior Database Administrator2,149 filings$111k
- 3Oracle Database Administrator1,430 filings$88k
- 4Database Administrators852 filings$81k
- 5Sr. Database Administrator763 filings$108k
- 6Database Administrator (DBA)625 filings$79k
- 7SQL Database Administrator435 filings$87k
- 8Database Administrator II409 filings$95k
- 9Database Administrator III300 filings$109k
- 10Principal Database Administrator249 filings$114k
- 11SQL Server Database Administrator246 filings$88k
- 12Lead Database Administrator241 filings$126k
Figures are for the exact title “Database Administrator”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.