Salary Breakdown
Database Administrators
Average
$82,000
ANNUAL
$39.42
HOURLY
Entry Level
$47,370
ANNUAL
$22.78
HOURLY
Mid Level
$78,790
ANNUAL
$37.88
HOURLY
Expert Level
$126,780
ANNUAL
$60.95
HOURLY
Sample Career Roadmap
Database Administrators
Job Titles
Entry Level
JOB TITLE
Entry Level Database Developer/Administrator
Mid Level
JOB TITLE
Junior Level Database Developer/Administrator
Expert Level
JOB TITLE
Advanced Database Developer/Administrator
Supporting Programs
Database Administrators
Top Expected Tasks
Database Administrators
01
Test programs or databases, correct errors, and make necessary modifications.
02
Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.
03
Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct programmers and analysts to make changes.
04
Specify users and user access levels for each segment of database.
05
Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system, or direct others in coding descriptions.
06
Develop standards and guidelines for the use and acquisition of software and to protect vulnerable information.
07
Review procedures in database management system manuals to make changes to database.
08
Revise company definition of data as defined in data dictionary.
09
Train users and answer questions.
10
Select and enter codes to monitor database performance and to create production database.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Database Administrators
Common knowledge, skills & abilities needed to get a foot in the door.
KNOWLEDGE
Computers and Electronics
KNOWLEDGE
English Language
KNOWLEDGE
Telecommunications
KNOWLEDGE
Mathematics
KNOWLEDGE
Administrative
SKILL
Critical Thinking
SKILL
Complex Problem Solving
SKILL
Active Learning
SKILL
Active Listening
SKILL
Judgment and Decision Making
ABILITY
Deductive Reasoning
ABILITY
Information Ordering
ABILITY
Problem Sensitivity
ABILITY
Inductive Reasoning
ABILITY
Oral Comprehension
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