Re: Combo Oracle/SQLServer enterprise DBA Salary Info anywhere (or willing to share a range) ?
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:04:04 -0400
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salaries surveys like that are not location specific. so the $86,000/year will include lower wage locations and higher wage locations (usually but not totally associated with cost of living). Also, it includes all DBAs and I think Oracle DBAs tend to make more than most other DBAs (I am not sure about specialist databases like teradata, etc... ). Compensation also varies widely, particularly in a slow economy.
I would be very hesitant to ask for a raise in the current economy. Especially if the US government cuts as much as they are planning. An NIH project that I had recently left, had 25% contractor cuts with more coming. The government cuts contractors long before they cut federal employees. That project had 3 federal managers for each project. I couldn't figure out what most of them did. Some clearly didn't do anything. Virtually all technical jobs are contractors. If more budget cuts come, there will be alot of IT people out of work. They are also more likely to cut software projects in general before cutting benefits to taxpayers or anything else that the taxpayers may notice or that some political opponent can claim matters.
In this economy, it is very common for employees to give staff more hours and more responsibility without any compensation increase since there are not as many options. I have never asked for a raise anyway. I find it safer to get another job. I would be doubly hesitant to ask for a raise in the current economy. Also note, if you work in a corporate environment, wage scales are structured by HR. Your manager has very little say over what you earn.
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Powell, Mark <mark.powell2_at_hp.com> wrote:
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> Both Information Week and Computer World compile and publish annual IT
> salary lists.
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> With Information Week I think you have to take part in the survey to get a
> copy of the results.
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> Computer World published theirs in the April 4, 2011 edition.
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> Database Administrator avg $86,808. No information given on range,
> experience, or product in the published article.
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> Subject: Combo Oracle/SQLServer enterprise DBA Salary Info anywhere (or
> willing to share a range) ?
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> Anyone have a link to salary info for a combination for combo Oracle and
> SQL Server DBA? Or, might be willing to share a salary range (with me, not
> the list) if you are responsible for both? :) Looks like my job is changing
> in that I am _the_ database administrator moving forward with someone who
> can backfill as needed except in emergencies.
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> Any help is much appreciated.
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> Thanks,
> Chris
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