Database Administrators Salary in Lincoln, NE

Database Administrators pay range in Lincoln

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $59,700 a year or less, while the top 10% make $141,840 or more. The middle half of database administrators in Lincoln earn between $75,400 and $105,150.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Database Administrators salary after taxes in Lincoln

On the average salary of $97,070, a single filer in Lincoln takes home about $73,582 a year, or $6,132 a month and $2,830 every two weeks. Taxes take 24% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Lincoln a good place for database administrators? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Lincoln area are 8% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.6), so the average $97,070 buys what about $105,994 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Lincoln ($49,800). A typical home costs $304,242, or 3.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Database Administrators salary in other Nebraska cities

Lincoln ranks 2nd of 2 Nebraska metro areas for this job; Omaha pays the most ($110,470).

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Highest-paying cities for database administrators

San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($145,150).

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