Entry-level Database Administrator salary in San Antonio, TX

Based on 25 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Boerne, Live Oak.

Also listed as: DBA

Median salary$75,000
Middle 50%$69.2k–$77.2k
vs. all levels here−20%comparison median $94,000
Filings25FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $60,287 and $112,831.
PercentileSalary
10th$67,940
25th$69,217
50th (median)$75,000
75th$77,250
90th$82,905

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $70k $90k FY2023: median $65,830 (34 filings) FY2024: median $67,100 (11 filings) FY2025: median $72,108 (14 filings) FY2026: median $77,250 (11 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 1 filings FY20 FY2021: 4 filings FY21 FY2022: 1 filings FY22 FY2023: 34 filings FY23 FY2024: 11 filings FY24 FY2025: 14 filings FY25 FY2026: 11 filings FY26 34
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––1
FY2021–––4
FY2022–––1
FY2023$65,830$62,500$70,00034
FY2024$67,100$66,600$73,52611
FY2025$72,108$69,200$75,00014
FY2026$77,250$74,500$78,71911

Cost of living

San Antonio's median entry-level Database Administrator salary of $75,000 is worth about $79,200 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; San Antonio = 94.7).

Compared with all workers here

All Database Administrators in the San Antonio, TX area earned a median of $107,410 in May 2025 (390 employed). The H-1B median here is $75,000, 30% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
EY$75,00022

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $75,000 25
Mid-level · Level II $93,084 100
Senior · Level III $116,699 34
Expert · Level IV too few 2

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$58,136$75,00025
Mid-level · Level II$79,310$93,084100
Senior · Level III$104,333$116,69934

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.