City of Las Vegas / IT - System Infrastructure / Database Administrator
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
4 employees hold this title in IT - System Infrastructure. Median total compensation for the role is $124,177, below the department median of $177,923.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV area, the median wage for Database Administrators — about 270 people — is $110,740. IT - System Infrastructure pays a median base salary of $87,076 for this role, 21% below that figure — about the 25th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Database Administrators across every employer in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows IT - System Infrastructure’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Database Administrators — about 69,990 people — is $104,620. IT - System Infrastructure’s median base salary is 17% below that national figure, about the 32nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at IT - System Infrastructure is $124,177, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Database Administrator is held in 3 City of Las Vegas departments. In IT - System Infrastructure, the median of $124,177 ranks #2 of 3.
Median total compensation for the Database Administrator role in other City of Las Vegasdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 9 jurisdictions. In City of Las Vegas, the median of $152,057 ranks #2 of 9. See Database Administrator across all of City of Las Vegas →
Median total compensation for comparable Database Administratorroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Database Administrator/IT - System Infrastructure
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Blong Ly is a Database Administrator at IT - System Infrastructure within Appt. 2025 total compensation came to $216,579.
Database Administrator/IT - System Infrastructure
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Christopher Rich works as a Database Administrator for IT - System Infrastructure within Appt. Christopher earned $152,057 in 2016.
Database Administrator/IT - System Infrastructure
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Lee Margulin is a Database Administrator at IT - System Infrastructure within Appt. 2020 total compensation came to $96,298.
Database Administrator/IT - System Infrastructure
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James Gordon holds the role of Database Administrator at IT - System Infrastructure within Appt. In 2019, their total compensation was $49,631.