
Salary Report - Oracle - DBA, Engineer - Washington, DC - Average Experience
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
Oracle
Database Professional
United States Location
Washington - Baltimore
DC - MD - VA - WV
USA Metropolitan Area
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Salary Average
$90,790
Experience Requirement
5 Years and 4 Months
Raise +1 Year
$2,780 at 3.06%
Salary and Number of Jobs

About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 5 Years & 4 Months: $90,790 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $77,208 & $104,372; and, 5% of Jobs top $123,915.
Number of Jobs :
Most Jobs are available closest to the Salary Average.
Fewer Jobs are available at Lower and Higher Salaries.
Salary End Points :
$15,080 = minimum wage annual salary in the USA.
$187,699 = annual salary for the highest paying IT Job in the USA at the Top 2.5% Experience and Top 2.5% Salary.
Top Salaries
Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
---|---|
2.5% | $130,263 |
5% | $123,915 |
10% | $116,597 |
25% | $104,372 |
33% | $99,463 |
50% | $90,790 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 5 Years and 4 Months Experience.
Salary Range and Jobs
Percentage of Jobs within Salary Lows and Highs
Percent of Job Market | Salary Range | |
---|---|---|
Low Salary | High Salary | |
10% | $88,260 | $93,320 |
25% | $84,374 | $97,206 |
33% | $82,117 | $99,463 |
50% | $77,208 | $104,372 |
67% | $71,309 | $110,271 |
95% | $51,317 | $130,263 |
Salary Average =
$90,790
Mid Point between each Low/High pair.
Percent of Job Market =
Number of Jobs with Salary between Low/High pair
÷
Number of all Jobs at 5 Years and 4 Months Experience.
Salary and Experience

Salary ±1 Year
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
---|---|---|
4 Years and 4 Months | $87,544 | $3,246 at 3.71% |
5 Years and 4 Months | $90,790 | $2,780 at 3.06% |
6 Years and 4 Months | $93,570 | $2,431 at 2.60% |
About Salary and Experience
Salary by Year :
Salary is lowest at entry level, increases rapidly with the first years of experience and approaches a ceiling as experience matures.
Salary and Experience Range :
Salary average rises with experience: $72,850 at the low experience of 1 Year and 5 Months; $90,790 at the average experience of 5 Years and 4 Months; and, $99,792 at the top experience of 9 Years and 2 Months.
Experience End Points :
0 = Entry Level.
11 Years and 1 Month = Top 2.5% Experience in the IT Job with the highest required experience in the USA.
Salary by Year
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
---|---|---|
2 Years | $76,808 | $5,338 at 6.95% |
3 Years | $82,146 | $4,183 at 5.09% |
4 Years | $86,329 | $3,438 at 3.98% |
5 Years | $89,767 | $2,920 at 3.25% |
6 Years | $92,687 | $2,536 at 2.74% |
7 Years | $95,223 | $2,243 at 2.36% |
8 Years | $97,466 | $2,010 at 2.06% |
9 Years | $99,476 | $1,822 at 1.83% |
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
---|---|---|---|
Low | 1 Year and 5 Months | $72,850 | $6,363 at 8.73% |
Average | 5 Years and 4 Months | $90,790 | $2,780 at 3.06% |
Top | 9 Years and 2 Months | $99,792 | $1,793 at 1.8% |
Qualifications
Description
This position involves database administration and architecture often focusing on data warehousing, data modeling and enterprise data integration in addition to installing, configuring, monitoring, maintaining, backing-up, performance tuning, testing, upgrading, implementing enhancements, recovering from disasters and establishing security for databases.
Skills
The qualifications of this information technology Job:
- Oracle Database,
- Oracle, Oracle Certified Professional (OCP), Oracle Designer2000, Oracle Developer2000, Oracle Form, PL|SQL, Oracle Report or Oracle Tools;
- Database Administrator,
- Database Administrator, Database Architect, Database Engineer, Data Modeling or Physical and/or Logical Database Design.
Characteristics
A+ Skills
Additional IT skills and US Cities requested in some job descriptions:
- Manager,
- 8% of job descriptions,
- Project Leader, Project Manager, Supervisor, Team Leader or Technical Lead;
- Graduate Degree,
- 6% of job descriptions,
- Master of Science in Computer Engineering, Master of Science in Computer Science, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, MA/MS in Information Technology, MA/MS in Information Science, Master of Arts Degree, Master of Science Degree or Ph.D.;
- Perl,
- 11% of job descriptions;
- Informatica,
- 4% of job descriptions;
- IBM Cognos,
- 2% of job descriptions;
- Symantic NetBackup or Veritas Storage Foundation,
- 4% of job descriptions;
- EMC NetWorker,
- 3% of job descriptions;
- Finance Industry,
- 12% of job descriptions,
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Asset Management, Banking, Brokerage, Commodity Trading, Derivative Trading, Equity Trading, Financial, Insurance, Investment, Securities Trading, Stock Market or Wall Street
with
Business, Company, Corporation, Enterprise, Firm or Industry; - Financial Trading System,
- 1% of job descriptions,
- Bloomberg, MarketData, Trading Application, Trading Platform, Trading Software, Trading Solution or Trading System;
- Security Clearance,
- 9% of job descriptions;
- Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV,
- 16% of jobs;
- New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA,
- 14% of jobs.
Location
Washington - Baltimore, DC - MD - VA - WV:
- Washington, D.C.,
- District of Columbia, Anacostia, Georgetown and Washington DC;
- Maryland,
- Aberdeen, Adelphi, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Anne Arundel, Arundel Village, Aspen Hill, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Beltsville, Berwyn Heights, Bethesda, Bladensburg, Bowie, Brighton, Brooklyn Park, Brunswick, Calvert County, Calvert, Calverton, Camp Springs, Capital Heights, Carney, Carroll County, Carroll, Charles County, Cheverly, Chevy Chase, Chillum, Clarksburg, Clinton, Colesville, College Park, Columbia, Coral Heights, Crofton, District Heights, Dundalk, Edgewood, Elk Ridge, Elkridge, Ellicot City, Emory Grove, Essex, Fairland, Forest Heights, Forestville, Fort Meade, Frederick County, Frederick, Gaithersburg, Germantown, Glassmanor, Glen Burnie, Glenarden, Glenn Dale, Greenbelt, Hagerstown, Halethorpe, Halfway, Hanover, Harford County, Harford, Havre de Grace, Hillcrest Heights, Howard County, Hunt Valley, Hyattsville, Joppatown, Kent Village, Kenwood, Kettering, Landover, Langley Park, Lanham, Lansdowne, Largo, Laural, Laurel, Lewisdale, Linthicum, Lochern, Lutherville, Lynne Acres, Manchester, Marley, Middle River, Montgomery County, Montgomery Village, Montpelier, New Carrolton, Oak View, Owings Mills, Oxon Hill, Palmer Park, Parkville, Perry Hall, Pikesville, Potomac, Prince Georges County, Prince Georges, Pumphry, Queen Anne's County, Randallstown, Randolph Hills, Reisterstown, Riverdale, Rockville, Savage, Seabrook, Seat Pleasant, Severn, Severna Park, Silver Spring, South Gate, St. Charles, Suitland, Takoma Park, Taneytown, Thurmont, Timonium, Towson, Upper Marlboro, Waldorf, Washington County, West Edmondale, Westminster, Wheaton, White Oak, Woodlawn and Woodmoor;
- Virginia,
- Alexandria, Annandale, Arlington County, Arlington, Ashburn, Baileys Crossroads, Burke, Centreville, Chantilly, Clarke County, Crystal City, Culpeper County, Culpeper, Dale City, Dulles Corridor, Dulles International Airport, Engleside, Fairfax County, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fauquier, Fort Belvoir, Franconia, Fredericksburg, Front Royal, Groveton, Herndon, Huntington, King George County, Kings Park, Kings Park West, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Loudoun, Manassas Park, Manassas, McLean, North Springfield, Northern Virginia, Oakton, Pimmit Hills, Prince William County, Reston, Rose Hill, Rosslyn, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania, Springfield, Stafford County, Stafford, Sterling, Tyson's Corner, Quantico, Vienna, Warren County, Warrenton, Watneswood, West Springfield and Woodbridge;
- West Virginia,
- Berkeley County, Charlestown, Harper's Ferry, Jefferson County, Martinsburg and Ranson.
These locations are all included in the Washington, DC metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).