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Database Administrators pay in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and Utica-Rome, NY
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Database Administrators is $138,620 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. It is $88,360 per year in Utica-Rome, NY. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 56.9% above Utica-Rome, NY on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 15-1242 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 580 wage and salary jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and 30 in Utica-Rome, NY. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings