$82,000
AVERAGE ANNUALLY
$47,370
ENTRY LEVEL
$78,790
MID LEVEL
$126,780
EXPERT LEVEL
$39.42
AVERAGE HOURLY
$22.78
ENTRY LEVEL
$37.88
MID LEVEL
$60.95
EXPERT LEVEL
Database Administrators
About this Career Path
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.
Salary Breakdown
Database Administrators
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Job Titles
Database Administrators
JOB TITLE
Entry Level Database Developer/Administrator
Skill Level - Entry
JOB TITLE
Junior Level Database Developer/Administrator
Skill Level - Mid
JOB TITLE
Advanced Database Developer/Administrator
Skill Level - Advanced
Supporting Programs
Database Administrators
Indiana Wesleyan University - Marion
Associates Degree
In Person
Indiana Wesleyan University - National and Global
Associates Degree
In Person
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
K
KNOWLEDGE
Computers and Electronics
K
KNOWLEDGE
English Language
K
KNOWLEDGE
Telecommunications
K
KNOWLEDGE
Mathematics
K
KNOWLEDGE
Administrative
S
SKILL
Critical Thinking
S
SKILL
Complex Problem Solving
S
SKILL
Reading Comprehension
S
SKILL
Active Listening
S
SKILL
Active Learning
A
ABILITY
Problem Sensitivity
A
ABILITY
Deductive Reasoning
A
ABILITY
Information Ordering
A
ABILITY
Oral Comprehension
A
ABILITY
Inductive Reasoning
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