Database Administrators in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,123
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$27,777
26.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,587
New York costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New York — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$105,900
Kept after tax
$78,123
Worth in national money
$72,587
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for database administrators is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $105,900, putting the state 17 of 51 — about 1.22% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations New York reports, database administrators comes in at 80 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $105,900 the take-home is $78,123; in national-average money that behaves like $72,587. The average comes to $114,100, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For database administrators, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $105,900, ranking 17 of 51 and running about 1.22% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Database administrators ranks 80 of 493 occupations by median in New York, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Take-home for database administrators in New York, on $105,900, is $78,123; deflated by the state's price level, $72,587. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $114,100 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Database Administrators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $105,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $178,580 |
| This salary | $105,900 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in New York | $78,123 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $83,331 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,166 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $98,497 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$18,186 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of database administrators in New York earn under $105,900 and half over. The published range runs $60,090 at the tenth percentile to $178,580 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $78,123 take-home in New York comes from $105,900. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 80 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of New York, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $72,587, the adjusted value of that $105,900 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 80 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for database administrators in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $60,090 to $178,580; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $78,123, from $105,900, assumes a single New York filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 80 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New York, so $72,587 — the adjusted value of that $105,900 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 80 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $114,100, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $60,090 at the bottom tenth to $178,580 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $72,587 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and New York's own levy, $78,123 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in New York is $114,100. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($60,090) and the ninetieth ($178,580) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New York's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $72,587 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $78,123 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New York income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.