Li, Humm, this is going to get a bit off the original subject, but that pay scale & attitude I've found at a number of places that I interviewed at in New Hampshire, with the exception of one. Why I certainly don't know and so I continue to commute each day into Massachusetts. Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA -----Original Message----- From: Li Li [mailto:litanli@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 12:13 PM To: Goulet, Richard Cc: gurenich@xxxxxxxxx; DonGranaman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; David Pintor; Dubovecky, Jeff; dackoc@xxxxxxxxx; jpiwowar@xxxxxxxxx; cboyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kp0773@xxxxxxxxx; Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: DBA pay in university 36K to 46K sounds like an entry to mid level network admin (who does the basic PC maintenance and basic switch port configuration etc) salary, I don't see where you can get a quality DBA for 46K..... On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Goulet, Richard <Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Li, > > That college north of me put $36K on the table and then upped it > to $46K which was "as high as they could go since this was NH not Mass". > > > Dick Goulet > Senior Oracle DBA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Li Li [mailto:litanli@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 11:40 PM > To: gurenich@xxxxxxxxx > Cc: DonGranaman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Goulet, Richard; David Pintor; > Dubovecky, Jeff; dackoc@xxxxxxxxx; jpiwowar@xxxxxxxxx; > cboyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kp0773@xxxxxxxxx; Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: DBA pay in university > > Let me share some real numbers since nobody gave one. I work in a > public university in the mid-west US, a mid-class neighborhood house > of 2000 square feet would be about $200K so you all know the cost of > living here. > > DBA salary in my university would range from 60K to 100K, depends on > your experience and if you have any management duties such as team > lead, etc. Plus this, you get 10 holidays, and 27 to 33 days of > vacation/sick time (these 2 are not separated). Retirement plans > include pension and one additional defined contribution plan. There > are also some discounted tuition available for the employee but not > much for direct family member. Work environment is mostly relaxed, but > could also be stressful depends on what project you are working on and > what kind of people you have to deal with. In situations that affected > production systems, you could work overnight with no sleep. > > Now if anyone can share their numbers from the industry area, that > would be great! :-) so that I know how much I under-sold myself... :) > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l