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Database Administrator Workplace Records
Database administrators manage changes, security and performance in systems shared by many users. An employment concern may follow an upgrade, access decision or performance incident. Explain the approved change and your role without treating a technical outcome as proof of who caused it or why an employment action occurred.
Call now(800) 800-5555Free initial case evaluation. Representation depends on work state and case eligibility. This guide explains record preparation; it does not determine whether a legal claim exists.
A record map for your role
What to organize first
Change chronology
List request, approval, execution and reported outcome while separating your actions from automation and other teams.
Work expectations
Keep your own schedule and instructions for maintenance or incident work with any correction response.
Restricted records
Describe supporting technical records without exporting database contents, backups or security settings.
Start with the work you actually do
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.
O*NET classifies this occupation as Database Administrators (15-1242.00). Its description covers a typical occupation, not every workplace or individual job. It does not establish employee status, overtime eligibility or employer misconduct.
- Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct programmers and analysts to make changes.Source task 1299 · updated 08/2023
- Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.Source task 1301 · updated 08/2023
- Plan and install upgrades of database management system software to enhance database performance.Source task 21649 · updated 08/2023
- Specify users and user access levels for each segment of database.Source task 1305 · updated 08/2023
A reference point for your pay records
May 2025 wage estimates by state
Compare your pay records with published BLS estimates for Database Administrators (SOC 15-1242). These describe an occupation across employers. They are not a required pay rate, an overtime calculation, or evidence of discrimination or unpaid wages.
Select your work state to see its published pay range. No personal pay information is requested or sent.
The 25th and 75th percentiles mark the middle half of the estimated wage distribution; the median is its midpoint. Actual pay can differ with experience, employer, location and duties. Hourly and annual figures are shown as published, without converting one into the other.
All published state estimates for this occupation
| State | Hourly 25th | Hourly median | Hourly 75th | Annual median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | $35.69 | $45.14 | $57.29 | $93,900 |
| Alaska | $39.67 | $52.31 | $58.30 | $108,810 |
| Arizona | $37.14 | $50.14 | $62.58 | $104,280 |
| Arkansas | $34.45 | $39.66 | $52.13 | $82,480 |
| Connecticut | $39.71 | $52.05 | $70.86 | $108,270 |
| Delaware | $38.92 | $48.52 | $63.20 | $100,910 |
| Florida | $35.62 | $50.06 | $65.50 | $104,120 |
| Georgia | $37.14 | $51.35 | $65.60 | $106,810 |
| Hawaii | $34.14 | $41.11 | $61.21 | $85,500 |
| Idaho | $31.07 | $41.19 | $54.77 | $85,660 |
| Indiana | $36.93 | $43.31 | $56.54 | $90,090 |
| Iowa | $36.60 | $48.66 | $60.40 | $101,210 |
| Kansas | $37.23 | $48.16 | $65.11 | $100,170 |
| Kentucky | $29.91 | $42.02 | $56.44 | $87,390 |
| Louisiana | $29.20 | $47.24 | $61.28 | $98,270 |
| Maine | $28.53 | $33.90 | $47.79 | $70,500 |
| Michigan | $36.41 | $48.00 | $61.55 | $99,830 |
| Minnesota | $34.24 | $48.42 | $63.26 | $100,700 |
| Mississippi | $31.30 | $42.21 | $49.01 | $87,790 |
| Missouri | $35.34 | $48.21 | $62.96 | $100,270 |
| Montana | $38.69 | $39.96 | $44.52 | $83,120 |
| Nebraska | $36.98 | $48.09 | $61.17 | $100,020 |
| New Hampshire | $34.16 | $44.29 | $55.67 | $92,110 |
| New Mexico | $38.71 | $47.33 | $56.62 | $98,450 |
| New York | $37.79 | $50.91 | $68.06 | $105,900 |
| North Carolina | $39.48 | $54.76 | $66.78 | $113,900 |
| North Dakota | $30.41 | $37.85 | $46.21 | $78,730 |
| Ohio | $34.18 | $46.73 | $61.15 | $97,190 |
| Oklahoma | $31.55 | $45.83 | $61.05 | $95,320 |
| Pennsylvania | $37.01 | $48.13 | $62.95 | $100,110 |
| Rhode Island | $37.36 | $50.97 | $62.11 | $106,020 |
| South Dakota | $36.05 | $39.69 | $47.45 | $82,540 |
| Tennessee | $35.85 | $55.53 | $65.25 | $115,500 |
| Texas | $41.54 | $55.00 | $66.58 | $114,400 |
| Utah | $48.49 | $65.27 | $65.27 | $135,750 |
| Vermont | $41.03 | $50.11 | $58.49 | $104,230 |
| Virginia | $42.60 | $44.86 | $60.15 | $93,320 |
| West Virginia | $25.60 | $35.33 | $47.32 | $73,490 |
| Wisconsin | $38.52 | $48.09 | $62.20 | $100,020 |
| Wyoming | $30.77 | $39.66 | $51.20 | $82,480 |
“Not published” preserves unavailable or suppressed source cells. “Above reporting limit” preserves a top-coded source value without inventing a number. A missing state estimate does not establish service eligibility. The data describe wage and salary employment; they do not measure self-employment income.
Source: BLS May 2025 state workbook · OEWS tables · BLS technical notes. Use your own schedule, pay statement and compensation terms to identify the question you want reviewed.
Trace change approval and execution
Describe the general database function, requested change and approving role. Record scope revisions, maintenance windows and dependencies. Distinguish actions you performed from automated jobs or application changes by another team, and identify what remained unresolved when you reported the outcome.
Explain maintenance and response work
List capacity checks, upgrade preparation and incident duties relevant to your own schedule or review. Note instructions requiring additional work and any time-correction request. A query log or login session is not a complete record of your work and should not be exported to reconstruct it.
Respect database access boundaries
Do not take backups, query results, credentials, user-access lists or production logs into personal storage. Identify relevant change tickets and approved custodians for review. Never restore revoked privileges or run a query solely to investigate your own employment concern.
Choose your next step
Review the workplace retaliation guide, unpaid wages guide, or discrimination guide if those concerns fit your experience. A job title alone does not establish a claim.
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