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Database Administrators in Tennessee

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22.5% Jobs Projection
$77,690 Median Salary
120 Job Openings

You’re in luck! Jobs for Database Administrators in Tennessee are projected to grow and these jobs tend to pay higher than average.

  • Projected employment for Database Administrators in Tennessee is growing faster than average.

  • Database Administrators in Tennessee earn higher salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

How Many Database Administrators Work in Tennessee?

1,620 people worked as Database Administrators in 2018 in this state.

There were 1,420 Database Administrators employed in this state in 2017.

That’s growth of 200 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

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The typical state has 1,300 Database Administrators working in it, which means Tennessee has more Database Administrators than average.

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Job Projections for Tennessee

Jobs for Database Administrators in this state are growing at a rate of 22.5% which is faster than the nationwide estimated projection of 11.5%.

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Tennessee Annual Job Openings

The BLS estimates 120 annual job openings, and a total of 1,580 jobs for Tennessee Database Administrators in 2026.

Nationwide, the prediction is 9,300 annual jobs and 133,200 total jobs in 2026.

What do Database Administrators Make in Tennessee?

In 2018 wages for Database Administrators ranged from $39,660 to $117,020 with $77,690 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $19.07 to $56.26. The median hourly rate was $37.35.

Workers in this field were paid a median of $38.01 an hour in 2017.

The hourly rate declined by $0.66.

The median salary in Tennessee is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top Tennessee Metros for Database Administrators

The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Database Administrators.

Metro Number Employed Annual Median Salary
Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN 740 $85,230
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 270 $72,400
Knoxville, TN 240 $72,380
Chattanooga, TN-GA 170 $78,340

Top States for Database Administrators Employment

The table below shows the states where most Database Administrators work.

State Number Employed Annual Median Salary
Texas 11,020 $93,200
California 10,970 $101,240
New York 7,100 $94,460
Florida 6,980 $85,470
Virginia 5,510 $96,090
Pennsylvania 5,390 $81,170
Georgia 4,280 $92,020
New Jersey 4,140 $110,150
Maryland 3,740 $80,310
Ohio 3,590 $89,980
Illinois 3,570 $96,170
Massachusetts 2,900 $97,880
North Carolina 2,870 $93,280
Michigan 2,820 $82,710
Missouri 2,770 $84,610
Colorado 2,710 $92,260
Minnesota 2,210 $90,100
Washington 2,080 $109,030
Arizona 1,930 $88,610
Alabama 1,880 $80,660

Below are the states where Database Administrators get paid the most:

State Annual Median Salary
New Jersey $110,150
Washington $109,030
California $101,240
Connecticut $100,180
Massachusetts $97,880
New Hampshire $96,400
Illinois $96,170
Virginia $96,090
Utah $95,600
New York $94,460

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