Balian Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 I was wondering what an average database admin makes. Anyone one here able to answer that question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 Depends, but usually around $50 - 60k + Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balian Posted November 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 That's what I thought, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Apex Posted November 19, 2006 Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 I was wondering what an average database admin makes. Anyone one here able to answer that question? Ryan, Ray said the guys he works with depending on experience and the amount of responsibility can go from $80k to $120k in some cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted November 19, 2006 Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 It may be a high paying job, but it sucks. Just thought I would through that out there. If you think its what you want to do, go for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wease Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 Ryan, Ray said the guys he works with depending on experience and the amount of responsibility can go from $80k to $120k in some cases. Yeah, this is much more inline with what I've seen and worked with. FYI, any DBA I've ever worked with who was worth anything was paid 6 figures as a FTE or billed out at $100 an hour as a contractor... :nod: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate1647545505 Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 When I was at Nationwide the DB guys weren't happy with their compensation... ..so they quit near the year's end, and started a consulting company in which Nationwide had no choice (Oracle/SQL experts) in hiring them back on for about 100-110K . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wease Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 When I was at Nationwide the DB guys weren't happy with their compensation... ..so they quit near the year's end, and started a consulting company in which Nationwide had no choice (Oracle/SQL experts) in hiring them back on for about 100-110K . Yeah, that seems about right. I've worked with some not so good ones (and some paper cert DBA's) who made about half of that and they were shit. I design better than they do, and I'm not a true DBA, but I know enough to be dangerous. I'm a software engineer first, I just happen to know/do a lot of other things. Best one I ever worked with was probably making $150K - $200K. If you don't mind the work, responsibility, and what it takes to be truly good at it, you'll do quite well for yourself. But it will take a good 10 years before you'd make that kind of money, because with that pay comes the experience you got in the meantime... :nod: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balian Posted November 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Good. Now I don't feel so overpaid. HAHA.. I took a job as a DBA and yea, I thought they just paid higher down here. Thanks for the good info yall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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