Database Engineer
Median salary
$112,424
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$90,000 – $142,848
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
-7.09%
-9.91% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
0.1%
290 filings
Database Engineer pay range
Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.
P10$71,800
P25$90,000
Median$112,424
P75$142,848
P90$165,871
Median by H-1B wage level
Level I$70,00049 LCAs
Level II$100,055146 LCAs
Level III$150,10046 LCAs
Level IV$152,79942 LCAs
Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).
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Database Engineer pay by occupation code
Employers file the same title under different SOC occupation codes, and pay differs between them. Each row is computed only within its SOC.
Database Administrators 62%Database Architects 25%Software Developers 9%Data Scientists 3%
| Occupation (SOC) | Share | LCAs | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Database Administrators 15-1242 | 62.07% | 180 | $82,750 | $94,000 | $124,960 |
| Database Architects 15-1243 | 24.83% | 72 | $126,425 | $144,770 | $165,194 |
| Software Developers 15-1252 | 8.97% | 26 | $110,786 | $113,877 | $150,332 |
| Data Scientists 15-2051 | 2.76% | 8 | $71,797 | $86,882 | $97,890 |
Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.
Top H-1B sponsors for Database Engineer
What the biggest sponsors pay for this title, compared with the median of all sponsors filing the same title in the same occupation.
| Employer | LCAs | Median | vs all sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 21 | $154,877 | +7% |
| Amazon | 15 | $150,100 | +59.7% |
| Cgi And | 12 | $94,140 | +0.2% |
| Compunnel Software | 9 | $91,000 | -3.2% |
| Eficens | 9 | $70,000 | -25.5% |
| Charter Communications | 5 | $117,936 | +25.5% |
Exact titles grouped here
The most common versions of this title as employers wrote them (after removing job codes and typos), with their own medians.
- Senior Database Engineer45 LCAs · median $145,000
- Database Engineer II29 LCAs · median $127,700
- Database Engineer III24 LCAs · median $150,100
- Database Engineer IV6 LCAs · median $115,461