Database Administrators Salary — Chicago, Illinois

The average Database Administrators in Chicago, Illinois earns $111,210 a year.

$111,210 / year, mean
↓ 0.7% below national average 100th percentile in Illinois

Chicago sits at the very top of the range for this role in Illinois — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's close to the national average for database administrators — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Illinois

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
1,870
Estimate confidence
RSE 3.8%
Cost of living 104 #31 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1770 #92 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $353,998 #78 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $88,850 #28 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Chicago ranks #31 for cost of living and #78 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $145,150 San Francisco $134,720 Seattle $131,460 San Luis Obispo $127,450 Baltimore $126,020 New York $125,550 Vallejo $122,720 Trenton $122,200 Oxnard $121,290 Dallas $118,560 Los Angeles $118,190 Austin $117,420 Sacramento $116,830 Tampa $116,090 Lexington Park $115,460 Santa Maria $114,730 Houston $114,100 Jacksonville $113,570 Olympia $112,180 San Diego $111,650 Orlando $111,320 Chicago $111,210 Philadelphia $111,210 Crestview $109,870 Palm Bay $109,820 Detroit $108,830 Santa Cruz $108,730 San Antonio $107,990 Miami $107,690 Champaign $107,620 Pittsburgh $106,030 Spokane $105,350 Stockton $105,150 Santa Rosa $104,950 Salem $104,560 Ann Arbor $103,990 Hagerstown $103,080 Portland $103,020 Indianapolis $102,820 Bellingham $102,540 Richmond $102,460 Bakersfield $102,440 Riverside $102,070 Modesto $101,690 Harrisburg $101,210 Utica $101,170 Fort Myers $100,980 Lakeland $100,780 Bloomington $100,240 Naples $99,840 Tyler $99,840 Louisville $99,580 York $99,310 Eugene $97,880 Evansville $97,750 Grand Rapids $97,670 Albany $97,250 Sarasota $97,220 Gainesville $97,160 College Station $97,040 Salinas $96,650 Fresno $96,550 Peoria $96,390 Virginia Beach $96,370 Reading $95,260 Allentown $94,720 Chico $94,450 Charlottesville $94,190 Lancaster $93,650 Bend $93,280 Lansing $93,060 South Bend $93,000 Syracuse $92,650 Rochester $90,750 Lexington $90,600 Winchester $90,400 Buffalo $90,020 Blacksburg $89,990 Deltona $89,720 Roanoke $89,340 Fort Wayne $87,640 Lynchburg $87,540 McAllen $87,500 Scranton $85,950 Binghamton $85,560 Springfield $85,260 Tallahassee $85,190 Kiryas Joel $84,190 Dover $81,790 Charleston $77,240 Erie $77,220 El Paso $75,210 Huntington $74,540 Pensacola $73,520
CityMean salaryvs. Chicago
Albany, New York$97,250-12.6%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$94,720-14.8%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$103,990-6.5%
Austin, Texas$117,420+5.6%
Bakersfield, California$102,440-7.9%
Baltimore, Maryland$126,020+13.3%
Bellingham, Washington$102,540-7.8%
Bend, Oregon$93,280-16.1%
Binghamton, New York$85,560-23.1%
Blacksburg, Virginia$89,990-19.1%
Bloomington, Indiana$100,240-9.9%
Buffalo, New York$90,020-19.1%
Fort Myers, Florida$100,980-9.2%
Champaign, Illinois$107,620-3.2%
Charleston, West Virginia$77,240-30.5%
Charlottesville, Virginia$94,190-15.3%
Chico, California$94,450-15.1%
College Station, Texas$97,040-12.7%
Crestview, Florida$109,870-1.2%
Dallas, Texas$118,560+6.6%
Deltona, Florida$89,720-19.3%
Detroit, Michigan$108,830-2.1%
Dover, Delaware$81,790-26.5%
El Paso, Texas$75,210-32.4%
Erie, Pennsylvania$77,220-30.6%
Eugene, Oregon$97,880-12.0%
Evansville, Indiana$97,750-12.1%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$87,640-21.2%
Fresno, California$96,550-13.2%
Gainesville, Florida$97,160-12.6%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$97,670-12.2%
Hagerstown, Maryland$103,080-7.3%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$101,210-9.0%
Houston, Texas$114,100+2.6%
Huntington, West Virginia$74,540-33.0%
Indianapolis, Indiana$102,820-7.5%
Jacksonville, Florida$113,570+2.1%
Kiryas Joel, New York$84,190-24.3%
Lakeland, Florida$100,780-9.4%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$93,650-15.8%
Lansing, Michigan$93,060-16.3%
Lexington, Kentucky$90,600-18.5%
Lexington Park, Maryland$115,460+3.8%
Los Angeles, California$118,190+6.3%
Louisville, Kentucky$99,580-10.5%
Lynchburg, Virginia$87,540-21.3%
McAllen, Texas$87,500-21.3%
Miami, Florida$107,690-3.2%
Modesto, California$101,690-8.6%
Naples, Florida$99,840-10.2%
New York, New York$125,550+12.9%
Sarasota, Florida$97,220-12.6%
Olympia, Washington$112,180+0.9%
Orlando, Florida$111,320+0.1%
Oxnard, California$121,290+9.1%
Palm Bay, Florida$109,820-1.2%
Pensacola, Florida$73,520-33.9%
Peoria, Illinois$96,390-13.3%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$111,210+0.0%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$106,030-4.7%
Portland, Oregon$103,020-7.4%
Reading, Pennsylvania$95,260-14.3%
Richmond, Virginia$102,460-7.9%
Riverside, California$102,070-8.2%
Roanoke, Virginia$89,340-19.7%
Rochester, New York$90,750-18.4%
Sacramento, California$116,830+5.1%
Salem, Oregon$104,560-6.0%
Salinas, California$96,650-13.1%
San Antonio, Texas$107,990-2.9%
San Diego, California$111,650+0.4%
San Francisco, California$134,720+21.1%
San Jose, California$145,150+30.5%
San Luis Obispo, California$127,450+14.6%
Santa Cruz, California$108,730-2.2%
Santa Maria, California$114,730+3.2%
Santa Rosa, California$104,950-5.6%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$85,950-22.7%
Seattle, Washington$131,460+18.2%
South Bend, Indiana$93,000-16.4%
Spokane, Washington$105,350-5.3%
Springfield, Illinois$85,260-23.3%
Stockton, California$105,150-5.4%
Syracuse, New York$92,650-16.7%
Tallahassee, Florida$85,190-23.4%
Tampa, Florida$116,090+4.4%
Trenton, New Jersey$122,200+9.9%
Tyler, Texas$99,840-10.2%
Utica, New York$101,170-9.0%
Vallejo, California$122,720+10.3%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$96,370-13.3%
Winchester, Virginia$90,400-18.7%
York, Pennsylvania$99,310-10.7%

This metro area spans more than one state — where you actually pay income tax depends on where you work, not just where BLS assigns the area. Choose your work state:

Gross salary
111,210/yr
Estimated take-home
81,702/yr
Est. total withheld
26.5%

Single filer, federal + state tax (where the selected state levies one) + FICA, 2025 rates, for whichever state you select above. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 15-1242 SOC code
Official area Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 16980 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: il_idor_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
NapervilleElgin
Multi-state area: IL;IN
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: Illinois

Population (metro area)
9,359,555