Salary for Database Administrator (DBA) Jobs

Updated: 31 Jan 2012
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C$0C$31KC$62KC$93K
SalaryC$39,124 - C$85,558  
   
BonusC$608 - C$10,014  
Profit SharingC$721 - C$9,635  
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XTotal Pay combines base annual salary or hourly wage, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job. It does not include equity (stock) compensation, cash value of retirement benefits, or the value of other non-cash benefits (e.g. healthcare).
)		C$38,919 - C$92,277  
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Popular Employers

Salary Range
CGI Group Inc.C$53,000 - C$75,500
IBM Canada ltd.Not enough data
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Salary Range
Information Technology (IT) ServicesC$41,856 - C$91,268
Financial ServicesC$44,078 - C$90,830
IT ConsultingC$41,879 - C$93,169
InsuranceC$44,171 - C$91,955
HealthcareC$41,542 - C$93,024

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Key Statistics for Database Administrator (DBA) Jobs

Gender
Female
29%
female alumni
  
Male
71%
male alumni
Salary:C$41,323 - C$69,325 C$50,761 - C$76,518
Years of Experience
Less than 1 year
2%
1-4 years
31%
5-9 years
35%
10-19 years
29%
20 years or more
3%
Most Common Health Benefits
medical benefits Medical: 87% dental benefits Dental: 81%
vision benefits Vision: 59% employee benefits None: 10%

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Career Path for Database Administrator (DBA) Jobs

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Common Future Jobs

Database Administrator (DBA)

Salary Range

C$38,919 - C$92,277
payscale
Programmer Analyst
C$37,615 - C$72,871
Software Engineer / Developer / Programmer
C$37,847 - C$79,927
Information Technology (IT) Consultant
C$41,140 - C$121,183
 
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Common Future Jobs

Database Administrator (DBA)

Salary Range

C$38,919 - C$92,277
payscale
Senior Database Administrator (DBA)
C$61,173 - C$113,143
Oracle Database Administrator (DBA)
C$45,722 - C$99,193
Project Manager, Information Technology (IT)
C$51,540 - C$120,666
 

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Database Administrator (DBA) Job Description

People with the job title Database Administrator (DBA) typically fall into one of the following PayScale standard occupations.

Database Administrators
Coordinate changes to computer databases, test and implement the database applying knowledge of database management systems. May plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard computer databases.
Database Administrators (DBA)
Install, configure, troubleshoot, and maintain a database system. Implement, configure, and troubleshoot database instances, replication, backup, partitions, storage, and access. Monitor and optimize system performance using index tuning, disk optimization, and other methods. Set user privileges within the database environment.

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