Database Administrator Family
Career series with 3 positions across 2 levels
Database Administrator is a career-ladder family in New Jersey civil service, with 3 titles spanning 2 levels.
Entry is typically through Database Administrator 1, advancing through the ladder toward Database Administrator 2. Pay across the family spans $83,582 to $141,386, around the 70th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 20 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Office of Information Technology.
Database Administrator reports to supervising titles such as Assistant Municipal Administrator.
Positions in This Family
- DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR 2 (10331)
- DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR 1 (53160) $83,582 - $122,832/year
- DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR 2 (53161) $95,955 - $141,386/year
What the Database Administrator family covers
New Jersey classifies Database Administrator as a 2-level series holding 3 separate title codes. The family straddles jurisdictions: 2 state and 1 local, so parts of it are hired by state departments and parts by local civil service employers.
New Jersey's technology titles carry the sediment of several eras at once. Newer families cover software development, network administration and database work, while older ones still name data processing, automated typewriters and input and output control. The Office of Information Technology holds most of the modern posts, but agencies keep their own analysts. Information processing titles are the second group in the compendium eligible for advanced-step hiring, which is the state's standing acknowledgement that it cannot fill them at step one.
The ladder, ordered by pay
Sorted by pay instead of by title number, the Database Administrator family stacks up as follows. Here the numbering happens to agree with the pay order, which is not guaranteed elsewhere in New Jersey's plan.
- Database Administrator 2 — $95,955 to $141,386 (a master's degree and 2 years of experience)
- Database Administrator 1 — $83,582 to $122,832 (a master's degree and 1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Database Administrator 1 to the top of Database Administrator 2 is $57,804, an increase of about 69% over the entry minimum.
What each title does
The specifications themselves are the clearest guide to what separates these titles. Here is how each one opens.
- Database Administrator 2: Under the general supervision of a supervisory officer within an Information Technology unit of a State Department or Agency, or local jurisdiction…
- Database Administrator 1: Under limited supervision of a Database Administrator 2 or other supervisory officer within an Information Technology unit of a State Department or Agency…
- Database Administrator 2: Under the general supervision of a supervisory officer within an Information Technology unit of a State Department or Agency, or local jurisdiction, supervises a…
Getting in: the stated requirements
Across the 3 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a master's degree on 3 of them. Stated experience runs from 1 year at the lowest rung to 2 at the highest, which is the main thing separating one level from the next.
On how the jobs are filled: 2 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination and 1 is non-competitive, appointed on proof of the stated qualifications rather than by examination.
Who actually employs these titles
State payroll records show 20 people working under 2 of this family's titles, spread across 9 agencies. Office of Information Technology alone accounts for about 25% of them.
- Office of Information Technology — 5 employees
- Law and Public Safety — 4 employees
- Children and Families — 3 employees
- Treasury — 2 employees
- Labor — 2 employees
- Banking and Insurance — 1 employee
Those are the 6 largest of 9 agencies employing this family.
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $111,094 for Database Administrator 1 up to $134,410 for Database Administrator 2. Those are medians of what people are really paid, not schedule minimums and maximums.
State payroll only, deduplicated by payroll title; local employers file separately, so a family with local codes looks smaller here than it is. How this is counted.
How the pay is set
Titles in this family are paid on the A-P-R-S salary schedule. See every step in that schedule. Bargaining is handled by CWA. Union contracts and rights are collected here.
Where these jobs exist
Because the family mixes jurisdictions, the answer to "who hires this" depends on the specific code. State codes run through the Civil Service Commission's announcement and eligible list process; local codes are hired by the counties, municipalities and authorities that adopted civil service under Title 11A. Check an employer's status before assuming a title is available where you live.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
Nearby in the plan, ranked by how distinctive the shared terms are rather than by how many words happen to match.
- Database Analyst 1 ($87,507 to $128,719, state jurisdiction) — in the Database Analyst family
- Business Administrator (local jurisdiction)
- Business Administrator (local jurisdiction)
- Hospital Administrator (local jurisdiction)
- Network Administrator 1 ($83,582 to $122,832, state jurisdiction) — in the Network Administrator family
- Court Administrator, Pip ($50,990 to $73,902, state jurisdiction)
Common questions about Database Administrator jobs
How many Database Administrator titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Database Administrator family holds 3 title codes arranged across 2 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does a Database Administrator earn in New Jersey?
Published salary data for this family runs from $83,582 at the bottom of Database Administrator 1 to $141,386 at the top of Database Administrator 2. Those are schedule figures. Where the title appears on the state payroll, actual median pay is listed on the page above.
Do you need to take an exam to become a Database Administrator?
Yes for most of the family. 2 of the 3 titles are in the competitive division, which means appointment comes from an eligible list built by an open competitive or promotional examination.
What qualifications does a Database Administrator need?
The most common education requirement in this family is a master's degree, named on 3 of the 3 titles. Stated experience ranges from 1 to 2 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Database Administrator staff?
State payroll records show 20 people in this family across 9 agencies, with Office of Information Technology the largest at 5. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.