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Database Administrators

Occupation · SOC 2018 15-1242 · United States

SOC 2018 code
15-1242
Share of U.S. applications
1.10%
Applications on record
133,766
FY2025
7,990
Median offered wage
$110,000
Certified (last three years)
99.7%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$110,000certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Database Administrators (SOC 15-1242). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Database Administrators

5,60511kFY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
5,60511kFY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008597
FY20091,389
FY20105,091
FY20115,359
FY20125,838
FY20136,066
FY20148,273
FY20159,217
FY20169,996
FY20178,707
FY201811,209
FY20199,878
FY20207,921
FY20219,462
FY20228,774
FY20235,969
FY20246,869
FY20257,990
FY2026*5,161
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*004,707454
FY2025007,421569
FY2024006,509360
FY2023005,390579
FY2022008,169605
FY2021008,731731
FY2020107,260660
FY2019109,124753
FY20180010,1411,068
FY2017007,795912
FY2016008,7561,240
FY2015018,317899
FY2014017,353919
FY2013005,458608
FY2012004,993845
FY2011004,514845
FY2010004,125966
FY2009001,004385
FY2008000597
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Ernst & Young U.S. LLP5,645
  2. TekOrg Inc.4,282
  3. Tata Consultancy Services Limited3,229
  4. Wipro Limited1,497
  5. Deloitte Consulting LLP1,488
  6. Tech Mahindra (americas),inc.1,386
  7. Accenture LLP1,249
  8. Amazon.com Services LLC1,066
  9. Infolob Solutions, Inc.974
  10. Compunnel Software Group, Inc962
  11. Eclinicalworks, LLC912
  12. Larsen & Toubro Infotech Limited798
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Database Administrators: applications by worksite state

1+86+500+1,074+4,180+
1+86+500+1,074+4,180+
Data table
StateApplications
CA19,176
TX17,699
IL10,820
NJ10,350
NY7,549
GA6,349
VA5,898
NC5,254
MA5,118
FL4,374
WA4,224
PA4,180
MI3,442
OH3,172
MD2,752
AZ2,139
MN1,913
CT1,824
MO1,814
CO1,750
TN1,621
WI1,257
DC1,074
IN1,060
DE749
KY681
IA645
SC642
UT622
NE587
OR568
RI557
KS522
NH500
AR450
OK397
NV379
LA352
AL275
MS134
ID129
ME119
NM119
HI114
VT86
ND69
WV68
SD64
PR38
MT25
WY17
AK14
GU11
MP7
VI1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ15,594
  2. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX10,697
  3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN10,112
  4. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV7,019
  5. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA6,215
  6. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA5,784
  7. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA5,754
  8. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA4,682
  9. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA4,049
  10. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH3,887
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $110,000; middle half $90,000 to $136,739 · median prevailing wage $92,768 (marker) · 18,238 applications.

$60k$90k$120k$150k$180k
$60k$90k$120k$150k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I2,527
  2. Level II9,189
  3. Level III3,593
  4. Level IV2,993
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Database Administrator34,803
  2. SR. SQL Database Administrator4,959
  3. Senior Database Administrator3,394
  4. Oracle Database Administrator2,959
  5. Database Administrators1,824
  6. Database Analyst1,802
  7. Data Engineer1,708
  8. Database Engineer1,392
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
  • Ann Arbor, MI
  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
  • Bloomington, IL
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
  • Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
  • Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
  • Cleveland, OH
  • Columbia, SC
  • Columbus, OH
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH
  • Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
  • Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
  • Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
  • Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
  • Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
  • Greensboro-High Point, NC
  • Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
  • Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
  • Jacksonville, FL
  • Kansas City, MO-KS
  • Lansing-East Lansing, MI
  • Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
  • Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
  • Madison, WI
  • Manchester-Nashua, NH
  • Memphis, TN-MS-AR
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Oklahoma City, OK
  • Omaha, NE-IA
  • Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
  • Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
  • Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
  • Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT
  • Raleigh-Cary, NC
  • Richmond, VA
  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
  • Rochester, NY
  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
  • Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
  • San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • St. Louis, MO-IL
  • Stockton-Lodi, CA
  • Tallahassee, FL
  • Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
  • Trenton-Princeton, NJ
  • Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
  • Worcester, MA
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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