SOC 15-1242, wage year 2025-26

Database Administrators prevailing wage in California

Short answer

In California, the median prevailing wage for database administrators across its 28 areas is $32.97 an hour at Level 1 ($68,578 a year) and $63.60 an hour at Level 4 ($132,288 a year). The Level 2 median of $43.02 is 15% above the national median across areas ($37.46). San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is the highest-paying area at $57.05 at Level 2, and Redding, CA the lowest at $34.94.

Every California area for database administrators

Area	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$42.96	$57.05	$71.13	$85.22
Merced, CA	$38.87	$52.58	$66.29	$80.00
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$37.15	$49.14	$61.14	$73.13
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$38.74	$47.61	$56.49	$65.36
Vallejo, CA	$38.21	$47.22	$56.24	$65.25
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$35.82	$46.25	$56.67	$67.10
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$36.99	$45.58	$54.17	$62.76
Napa, CA	$35.39	$45.39	$55.39	$65.39
Yuba City, CA	$34.82	$44.98	$55.14	$65.30
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$34.68	$44.73	$54.79	$64.84
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$34.17	$44.29	$54.42	$64.54
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$33.16	$43.89	$54.63	$65.36
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$32.64	$43.36	$54.07	$64.79
El Centro, CA	$32.78	$43.29	$53.79	$64.30
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$32.68	$42.75	$52.83	$62.90
Salinas, CA	$33.69	$42.53	$51.36	$60.20
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$31.95	$42.09	$52.22	$62.36
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$33.64	$41.69	$49.73	$57.78
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$28.56	$40.96	$53.36	$65.76
Modesto, CA	$28.07	$39.46	$50.84	$62.23
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$30.67	$39.28	$47.90	$56.51
Stockton-Lodi, CA	$30.15	$39.16	$48.18	$57.19
Visalia, CA	$30.34	$38.80	$47.27	$55.73
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	$29.88	$38.79	$47.70	$56.61
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$28.29	$38.42	$48.54	$58.67
Fresno, CA	$29.00	$37.58	$46.16	$54.74
Chico, CA	$30.26	$36.93	$43.61	$50.28
Redding, CA	$28.00	$34.94	$41.89	$48.83

Hourly dollars. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC), prevailing wage data, wage year 2025-26. An LCA is not an H-1B approval or a job opening.

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