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Database Administrators salaries in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 185 certified H-1B applications for database administrators in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 83 employers.
The middle half of offers were $90,000 to $135,000 a year, with a median of $114,000: 1% below the national median for this job ($115,000).
The most common wage level was Level II (53% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $72,010 at Level I and $93,392 at Level II.
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Wage levels
DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 7% | $72,010 |
| Level II (qualified) | 53% | $93,392 |
| Level III (experienced) | 21% | $114,774 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 20% | $136,157 |
Who sponsors database administrators here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 78 | $118,000 | — |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp | 5 | $105,500 | — |
| Charter Communications, Inc. | 4 | $105,500 | 6 |
| Insight Global, LLC | 3 | — | — |
| Compunnel Software Group, Inc | 3 | $90,000 | 40 |
| Randstad Digital, Llc | 2 | $124,000 | 5 |
| LPL Financial LLC | 2 | $154,000 | — |
| The Vanguard Group, Inc. | 2 | $130,500 | 19 |
| Amalgam Technologies Inc | 2 | $85,000 | — |
| SERC Reliability Corporation | 2 | $135,500 | 1 |
| Infosys Limited | 2 | $85,000 | — |
| NTT DATA Americas, Inc. | 2 | $120,000 | 1 |
| Artech, LLC | 2 | $151,500 | — |
| Fusion Plus Solutions Inc. | 2 | $91,000 | — |
| Pyramid Consulting, Inc. | 2 | $115,500 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Database Administrator, Data Engineer, Senior Database Administrator, Database Engineer, Data Analyst, Infrastructure Consultant 2, Senior Data Engineer, Manager Jc50 - Database Administrators.
About this data
Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.