Lead Administrator Salary in San Jose, California

How much does a Lead Administrator make in San Jose, CA?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Lead Administrator in San Jose, CA is $200,586. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $172,435 to a high of $230,441, with most professionals earning between $185,851 and $216,213.

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Provides leadership and guidance for database architecture design and development of high performance messaging, transaction/batch processing products and/or services by defining and developing database architectures, detailed designs specifications, development, implementations and successful delivery of the solution.

February 09, 2023

Manages all advertising requests with support from Marketing Communications Manager by ensuring clarity in deliverables, creating production schedules and workflow assignments, serving as a liason between the Advertising Team and other departments, and following up to ensure deadlines are met.

April 13, 2023

Develop and implement the policies and standard operating procedures for creating a copy of active data (both structured and unstructured) to ensure against its accidental loss.

April 16, 2023

Support the design and integration of various components of technology, including developing recommendations for new technologies to the customer when appropriate Recommend WAN / LAN/ VPN / Firewall requirements based on industry best practices.

April 27, 2023

Lead the design and implementation of redundant systems, policies, and procedures for backup/recovery, disaster recovery, monitoring, alerting and data archiving to ensure effective protection and integrity of data assets.

May 13, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Lead Administrator in San Jose, CA

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

185851

216213

200586

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

195305

235616

214080

What is the average salary for Lead Administrator in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Lead Administrator in San Jose, CA. The base salary for Lead Administrator ranges from $185,851 to $216,213 with the average base salary of $200,586. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $195,305 to $235,616 with the average total cash compensation of $214,080.

View Average Salary for Lead Administrator as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$200,586	$185,851 - $216,213
Bonus	$13,494	$9,454 - $19,402
Total Pay	$214,080	$195,305 - $235,616

* 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.

Lead Administrator Salary Near San Jose, CA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Santa Clara, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $185,851 - $216,213	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA 0%
CITY, STATE Santa Cruz, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $164,633 - $191,529	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Fremont, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $185,497 - $215,802	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Hayward, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $179,648 - $208,997	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Oakland, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $179,942 - $209,339	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Daly City, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $184,024 - $214,088	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA

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About San Jose, California

San Jose is located at 37°20′07″N 121°53′31″W / 37.335278°N 121.891944°W / 37.335278; -121.891944. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 180.0 sq mi (466 km2), of which 3.4 sq mi (8.8 km2) (1.91%) is water, making it the fourth-largest California city by land area (after Los Angeles, San Diego and California City). San Jose lies between the San Andreas Fault, the source of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, and the Calaveras Fault. San Jose is shaken by moderate earthquakes on average one or two times a year. These quakes originate just east of the city on...

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