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Database Administrators salary in Finance and insurance, California

Banks, investment firms, insurance carriers, and securities exchanges.

Adrian Serafin, founder and editor of RateOrchardBy Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated May 5, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Database Administrators (Finance) in California: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 44 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $139,882. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.

By DOL wage level

DOL classifies every offer into one of four wage levels based on the role's experience and skill requirements.

LevelFilingsMedian offer
Level I — entry1$81,600
Level II — qualified12$125,000
Level III — experienced10$126,950
Level IV — fully competent17$155,000

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Database Administrators (Finance) in California. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Western Alliance BankEngineer III4$109,881
LOCAL INITIATIVE HEALTH AUTHORITY FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTYEnterprise Portfolio Management Office Solutions Analyst III4$142,851
Pacific Investment Management Company LLCSenior Database Engineer3$175,000
First Technology Federal Credit UnionSenior Data Engineer3$167,165
City National BankDatabase Senior Administrator2$134,763
Prosper Marketplace, Inc.Senior Manager, Data Platform Engineering2$152,110
PayPal, Inc.Senior Database Engineer2$165,000
Robinhood Markets, Inc.Oracle Technical Engineer2$155,000
Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc.Senior IT Auditor2$124,500
Affirm, Inc.Machine Learning Engineer I1$147,950

Recent sample filings

A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.

  • Machine Learning Engineer I at Affirm, Inc.
    $147,950
    SunnyvaleDecided Dec 2, 2025I-200-25328-434524
  • Engineer III at Western Alliance Bank
    $105,427
    Thousand OaksDecided Nov 28, 2025I-200-25324-425943
  • Database Senior Administrator at City National Bank
    $134,763
    PasadenaWage Level IVDecided Sep 30, 2025I-200-25266-329997
  • Oracle Database Administrator III at LOCAL INITIATIVE HEALTH AUTHORITY FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY
    $152,399
    LOS ANGELESWage Level IVDecided Sep 26, 2025I-200-25262-321969
  • Senior Manager, Data Platform Engineering at Prosper Marketplace, Inc.
    $152,110
    San FranciscoWage Level IVDecided Sep 24, 2025I-200-25260-316845
  • Senior Data Engineer at Klover Holdings, Inc
    $190,000
    Redwood CityWage Level IIIDecided Sep 22, 2025I-200-25258-309112
  • Principal Data Analyst at Navy Federal Credit Union
    $185,220
    FremontWage Level IIIDecided Sep 18, 2025I-200-25254-303809
  • Senior Manager, Data Platform Engineering at Prosper Marketplace, Inc.
    $152,110
    San FranciscoWage Level IVDecided Sep 15, 2025I-200-25251-294859

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.