Database Management Specialist Salary in Philadelphia, PA

How much does a Database Management Specialist make in Philadelphia, PA?

As of March 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Database Management Specialist in Philadelphia, PA is $108,261. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $96,262 to $121,460, with most professionals earning between $85,338 and $133,478.

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Provides database design, client/server integration, database modeling, and support for systems under development.

October 13, 2022

Evaluates and recommends available DBMS products to support validated user requirements.

December 14, 2022

Plan, organize, and carry out assignments, coordinate work with others, determine approaches and methodologies to be used, and keeps the client informed of potential problems.

January 06, 2023

Manage database user account creation, access and permissions.

February 16, 2023

Completed work is reviewed for feasibility, compatibility with other work, adherence to policies, and effectiveness in accomplishing objectives.

February 19, 2023

Prepare and deliver presentations on database management systems (DBMS) concepts.

March 01, 2023

Maintains the database documentation in the appropriate database library.

March 22, 2023

Prepares required documentation, including both program-level and user level documentation.

March 24, 2023

Creates, maintains and modifies system documentation to reflect as-built configuration.

March 25, 2023

Performs database administration (DBA) services including installation, configuration, administration, performance monitoring, tuning, backup, and disaster recovery strategies for operational and developmental databases.

May 21, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Database Management Specialist in Philadelphia, PA

Average Base Salary

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96262

121460

108261

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99047

125817

111674

What is the average salary for Database Management Specialist in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Database Management Specialist in Philadelphia, PA. The base salary for Database Management Specialist ranges from $96,262 to $121,460 with the average base salary of $108,261. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $99,047 to $125,817 with the average total cash compensation of $111,674.

View Average Salary for Database Management Specialist as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$108,261	$96,262 - $121,460
Bonus	$3,414	$2,785 - $4,357
Total Pay	$111,674	$99,047 - $125,817

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Database Management Specialist Salary Near Philadelphia, PA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA
CITY, STATE Camden, NJ	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $96,736 - $122,058	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA
CITY, STATE West Chester, PA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $95,533 - $120,540	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA
CITY, STATE Doylestown, PA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $99,122 - $125,070	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA
CITY, STATE Trenton, NJ	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $99,427 - $125,454	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA
CITY, STATE Wilmington, DE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $95,715 - $120,770	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA
CITY, STATE New Castle, DE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $95,715 - $120,770	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA

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About Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, sometimes known colloquially as Philly, is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863. Since 1854, the city has been coterminous with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the eighth-largest U.S. metropolitan statistical area, with over 6 million residents as of 2017[update]. Philadelphia is also the economic and cultural anchor of the greater Delaware Valley, located along the lower Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, wit...

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