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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.misc -> Re: Salary question
Ryan,
I'm a contractor, and so my figures may be slightly inflated in comparison
to a full-time employee.
However, it has been my experience that Oracle DBA's are amongst the
highest earning positions in the computer programming / software / database
industry.
When I felt that I had topped out my wage possibilities as a C/C++ programmer, I started focusing more on database design / DBA jobs.
My info, is that in New York and California a good Oracle DBA can *easily* earn in excess of $60 K/year, with most of them anticipating salaries starting at $70K and going as high as $150K for high-pressure jobs.
As a contractor/consultant (not private, I work for a firm that finds me 6 mo. - 1 yr contracts), I and all the other DBA's that I know in the field, would not even consider an Oracle DBA position for less than $50/hour which, because so many better opportunities are out there. Doing the math, that is $100K/yr, if you only work 40 hour weeks as a contractor. DBA friends of mine who are more experienced than myself are earning $60 to $100 an hour. That's $120K to $200K per year. And I have heard a friend speak of a friend (*grin*) who, in the Frisco/San Jose area was earning $150/hour.
Those figures are in regard to people I know working in Chicago, Austin, Dallas, Seattle, and California in general.
TTFN
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James Arvigo
> I am sgetting ready to start doing Oracle 8 where I work. I have always
> seen these ads stating that 3 years experience could bring you an app.
> salary of $60k. I heard from some people I know that are not in the
> business of oracle but are in the programming business that say these
> salaries are falsly inflated. Is this true? I know salary depends
> greatly on your region but you can't help but hear/read about the
> shortage of IT people.
>
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