Database Admin Salary in South Dakota

How much does a Database Admin make in South Dakota?

As of March 01, 2026, the average salary for a Database Admin in South Dakota is $96,504 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $46.

However, a Database Admin's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $109,820
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $86,082 to $103,474
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $76,593

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Database Admin Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$103,474	$8,623	$1,990	$50
Average	$96,504	$8,042	$1,856	$46
25th Percentile	$86,082	$7,173	$1,655	$41

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Key Factors That Influence Database Admin Salaries

A Database Admin's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Database Admin Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Database Admin's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $67,177
Early Career (1-2 years): $97,227
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $108,917
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $127,433
Expert (over 8 years): $142,884

Levels	Salary
Database ... Level Database Admin	$67,177
Database ... Level Database Admin	$97,227
Database ... Level Database Admin	$108,917
Database ... Level Database Admin	$127,433
Database ... Level Database Admin	$142,884

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How Do Database Admin Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Database Admins. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $117,571.
California: $117,125.
Massachusetts: $115,564.

District of Columbia $117,571 California $117,125 Massachusetts $115,564 Washington $115,140 New Jersey $115,097 Alaska $114,949 Connecticut $113,483 New York $112,888

Hawaii $110,988 Rhode Island $110,096 Maryland $109,490 Minnesota $108,662 Colorado $108,344 Illinois $108,237 Oregon $107,834 Delaware $107,537

New Hampshire $107,350 Virginia $106,931 Pennsylvania $105,710 Nevada $105,094 North Dakota $104,893 Michigan $104,574 Wisconsin $104,457 Vermont $104,224

Texas $103,576 Maine $103,533 Arizona $103,470 Ohio $103,395 Georgia $102,418 Indiana $101,930 Wyoming $101,834 Utah $101,686

Iowa $101,622 Kansas $101,112 Louisiana $100,964 North Carolina $100,910 Missouri $100,889 Florida $100,475 Montana $100,252 Nebraska $100,040

Kentucky $99,923 South Carolina $99,498 Tennessee $99,233 Idaho $99,126 New Mexico $98,351 Oklahoma $98,181 Alabama $97,555 South Dakota $96,504

Arkansas $95,930 West Virginia $95,622 Mississippi $94,698

Top Paying Cities for Database Admins

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Alcester: $94,656
Aurora: $94,794
Baltic: $95,856

Alcester, SD $94,656 Aurora, SD $94,794 Baltic, SD $95,856 Beresford, SD $94,709 Brandon, SD $96,387 Brookings, SD $94,794 Burbank, SD $94,486 Canistota, SD $94,794

Canton, SD $95,644 Centerville, SD $94,794 Chancellor, SD $95,325 Chester, SD $94,794 Colman, SD $94,794 Colton, SD $95,219 Crooks, SD $96,387 Davis, SD $94,794

Dell Rapids, SD $95,431 Egan, SD $94,794 Elk Point, SD $94,868 Elkton, SD $94,794 Fairview, SD $94,900 Flandreau, SD $94,794 Freeman, SD $94,794 Garretson, SD $95,962

Gayville, SD $94,486 Harrisburg, SD $96,387 Hartford, SD $95,856 Hudson, SD $94,709 Humboldt, SD $95,219 Hurley, SD $94,794 Irene, SD $94,794 Jefferson, SD $95,378

Lennox, SD $95,644 Lesterville, SD $94,794 Lyons, SD $96,068 Madison, SD $94,794 Marion, SD $94,794 Menno, SD $94,794 Mission Hill, SD $94,635 Monroe, SD $94,794

Belle Fourche, SD $92,904 Black Hawk, SD $94,497 Box Elder, SD $94,497 Buffalo, SD $92,904 Buffalo Gap, SD $92,904 Camp Crook, SD $92,904 Caputa, SD $94,391 Custer, SD $92,904

Deadwood, SD $92,904 Edgemont, SD $92,904 Enning, SD $92,904 Fairburn, SD $92,904 Fort Meade, SD $92,904 Hermosa, SD $93,753 Hill City, SD $93,222 Hot Springs, SD $92,904

Howes, SD $92,904 Interior, SD $92,904 Keystone, SD $93,647 Kyle, SD $92,904 Lead, SD $92,904 Ludlow, SD $92,904 Manderson, SD $92,904 Mud Butte, SD $92,904

Nemo, SD $93,647 Newell, SD $92,904 New Underwood, SD $93,753 Nisland, SD $92,904 Oelrichs, SD $92,904 Oglala, SD $92,904 Oral, SD $92,904 Owanka, SD $92,904

Piedmont, SD $93,966 Pine Ridge, SD $92,904 Porcupine, SD $92,904 Pringle, SD $92,904 Quinn, SD $92,904 Redig, SD $92,904 Saint Onge, SD $92,904 Scenic, SD $92,904

Smithwick, SD $92,904 Spearfish, SD $92,904 Sturgis, SD $92,904 Union Center, SD $92,904 Vale, SD $92,904 Wall, SD $92,904 Wasta, SD $92,904 White Owl, SD $92,904

Whitewood, SD $92,904 Wounded Knee, SD $92,904 Leola, SD $95,941 Long Lake, SD $95,941 Mansfield, SD $87,871 Mellette, SD $87,871 Northville, SD $87,871 Onaka, SD $87,871

Orient, SD $87,871 Pierpont, SD $100,634 Redfield, SD $87,871 Rockham, SD $87,871 Roscoe, SD $87,871 Selby, SD $87,871 Seneca, SD $87,871 Stratford, SD $87,871

Tolstoy, SD $87,871 Tulare, SD $87,871 Turton, SD $87,871 Warner, SD $87,871 Westport, SD $94,252 Pierre, SD $89,463 Agar, SD $87,871 Belvidere, SD $87,871

Blunt, SD $89,357 Burke, SD $87,871 Colome, SD $87,871 Dallas, SD $87,871 Draper, SD $87,871 Fort Pierre, SD $89,357 Gregory, SD $87,871 Hamill, SD $87,871

Harrold, SD $88,083 Hayes, SD $87,871 Herrick, SD $87,871 Holabird, SD $87,871 Ideal, SD $87,871 Kadoka, SD $90,387 Kennebec, SD $87,871 Long Valley, SD $90,387

Lower Brule, SD $87,871 Martin, SD $92,904 Midland, SD $87,871 Milesville, SD $90,387 Mission, SD $87,871 Murdo, SD $87,871 Norris, SD $87,871 Okaton, SD $87,871

Okreek, SD $87,871 Onida, SD $88,508 Parmelee, SD $87,871 Philip, SD $90,387 Presho, SD $87,871 Reliance, SD $87,871 Rosebud, SD $87,871 Saint Charles, SD $87,871

Saint Francis, SD $87,871 Tuthill, SD $90,387 Vivian, SD $87,871 Wanblee, SD $92,904 White River, SD $87,871 Winner, SD $87,871 Witten, SD $87,871 Wood, SD $87,871

Mobridge, SD $87,871 Bison, SD $92,904 Bullhead, SD $104,011 Cherry Creek, SD $87,871 Dupree, SD $87,871 Eagle Butte, SD $87,871 Faith, SD $92,904 Glencross, SD $87,871

Glenham, SD $87,871 Herreid, SD $104,011 Isabel, SD $87,871 Keldron, SD $104,011 Lantry, SD $87,871 Lemmon, SD $104,011 Little Eagle, SD $104,011 Lodgepole, SD $98,458

Mc Intosh, SD $104,011 Mc Laughlin, SD $104,011 Meadow, SD $98,458 Morristown, SD $104,011 Mound City, SD $95,941 Pollock, SD $104,011 Prairie City, SD $92,904 Ralph, SD $92,904

Reva, SD $92,904 Ridgeview, SD $87,871 Timber Lake, SD $87,871 Trail City, SD $87,871 Wakpala, SD $95,941 Walker, SD $104,011 Watauga, SD $104,011 Whitehorse, SD $87,871

Rapid City, SD $94,497 Ellsworth Afb, SD $94,497 Allen, SD $92,904 Batesland, SD $92,904 Montrose, SD $94,794 North Sioux City, SD $95,442 Nunda, SD $94,794 Oldham, SD $94,794

Olivet, SD $94,794 Parker, SD $94,794 Ramona, SD $94,794 Renner, SD $96,387 Rowena, SD $96,387 Rutland, SD $94,794 Salem, SD $94,794 Scotland, SD $94,794

Sinai, SD $94,794 Springfield, SD $94,635 Tabor, SD $94,635 Tea, SD $96,281 Trent, SD $94,794 Tyndall, SD $94,794 Utica, SD $94,794 Valley Springs, SD $96,281

Vermillion, SD $94,486 Viborg, SD $94,794 Volga, SD $94,794 Volin, SD $94,794 Wakonda, SD $94,794 Wentworth, SD $94,794 Winfred, SD $94,794 Worthing, SD $95,750

Yankton, SD $94,635 Sioux Falls, SD $96,387 Vienna, SD $94,794 Wallace, SD $94,794 Waubay, SD $100,634 Webster, SD $100,634 White, SD $94,794 Willow Lake, SD $94,794

Wilmot, SD $100,634 Mitchell, SD $94,794 Alexandria, SD $94,794 Alpena, SD $91,332 Armour, SD $94,794 Artesian, SD $94,794 Avon, SD $94,794 Bonesteel, SD $91,332

Bridgewater, SD $94,794 Canova, SD $94,794 Carpenter, SD $94,794 Carthage, SD $94,794 Cavour, SD $94,794 Chamberlain, SD $87,871 Corsica, SD $94,794 Dante, SD $94,794

Delmont, SD $94,794 Dimock, SD $94,794 Emery, SD $94,794 Ethan, SD $94,794 Fairfax, SD $91,332 Fedora, SD $94,794 Fort Thompson, SD $87,871 Fulton, SD $94,794

Gann Valley, SD $87,871 Geddes, SD $91,332 Harrison, SD $94,794 Highmore, SD $87,871 Stephan, SD $87,871 Hitchcock, SD $87,871 Howard, SD $94,794 Huron, SD $91,332

Iroquois, SD $94,794 Kaylor, SD $94,794 Kimball, SD $87,871 Lake Andes, SD $94,794 Lane, SD $91,332 Letcher, SD $94,794 Marty, SD $94,794 Miller, SD $87,871

Mount Vernon, SD $94,794 New Holland, SD $91,332 Oacoma, SD $87,871 Parkston, SD $94,794 Pickstown, SD $94,794 Plankinton, SD $91,332 Platte, SD $91,332 Pukwana, SD $87,871

Ree Heights, SD $87,871 Saint Lawrence, SD $87,871 Spencer, SD $94,794 Stickney, SD $94,794 Tripp, SD $94,794 Virgil, SD $87,871 Wagner, SD $94,794 Wessington, SD $87,871

Wessington Springs, SD $87,871 White Lake, SD $87,871 Wolsey, SD $87,871 Woonsocket, SD $94,794 Yale, SD $94,794 Aberdeen, SD $87,871 Akaska, SD $87,871 Amherst, SD $100,634

Andover, SD $100,634 Ashton, SD $87,871 Barnard, SD $94,252 Bath, SD $94,252 Bowdle, SD $87,871 Brentford, SD $87,871 Britton, SD $100,634 Claremont, SD $100,634

Columbia, SD $94,252 Conde, SD $87,871 Cresbard, SD $87,871 Doland, SD $91,332 Eureka, SD $95,941 Faulkton, SD $87,871 Ferney, SD $94,252 Frankfort, SD $87,871

Frederick, SD $100,634 Gettysburg, SD $87,871 Groton, SD $94,252 Hecla, SD $100,634 Hosmer, SD $87,871 Houghton, SD $100,634 Hoven, SD $87,871 Ipswich, SD $87,871

Java, SD $87,871 Langford, SD $100,634 Lebanon, SD $87,871 Watertown, SD $94,794 Arlington, SD $94,794 Astoria, SD $94,794 Badger, SD $94,794 Big Stone City, SD $99,742

Bradley, SD $94,794 Brandt, SD $94,794 Bristol, SD $100,634 Bruce, SD $94,794 Bryant, SD $94,794 Castlewood, SD $94,794 Claire City, SD $100,634 Clark, SD $94,794

Clear Lake, SD $94,794 Corona, SD $100,634 De Smet, SD $94,794 Eden, SD $100,634 Erwin, SD $94,794 Estelline, SD $94,794 Florence, SD $94,794 Garden City, SD $94,794

Gary, SD $94,794 Goodwin, SD $94,794 Grenville, SD $100,634 Hayti, SD $94,794 Hazel, SD $94,794 Henry, SD $94,794 Kranzburg, SD $94,794 Labolt, SD $94,794

Lake City, SD $100,634 Lake Norden, SD $94,794 Lake Preston, SD $94,794 Marvin, SD $97,714 Milbank, SD $99,742 New Effington, SD $100,634 Ortley, SD $100,634 Peever, SD $100,634

Raymond, SD $91,332 Revillo, SD $94,794 Rosholt, SD $100,634 Roslyn, SD $100,634 Sisseton, SD $100,634 South Shore, SD $94,794 Stockholm, SD $94,794 Strandburg, SD $94,794

Summit, SD $97,714 Toronto, SD $94,794 Twin Brooks, SD $97,714 Veblen, SD $100,634

Database Admin Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Database Admin's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on March 01, 2026

$86,082

Average $96,504/year

$103,474

$7,173

Average $8,042/month

$8,623

$1,655

Average $1,856/week

$1,990

$41

Average $46/hour

$50

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$103,474	$8,623	$1,990	$50
Average	$96,504	$8,042	$1,856	$46
25th Percentile	$86,082	$7,173	$1,655	$41

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