Thanks buddy. You are quite right. I may work in the system administrator team as a Database Specialist where primary responsibility may be database tuning, replication and backup policy defining etc.
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 1:42 PM, John R Pierce <pie...@hogranch.com> wrote: > On 05/19/11 12:30 AM, Rob Wultsch wrote: > >> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:52 PM, AI Rumman<rumman...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hey guys, >>> >>> If I get H1B visa as Postgresql DBA, then what may I expect to get as my >>> salary? >>> Does anyone have idea on this? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> This topic never gets many replies. I will reply because I am not >> really part of the community. >> >> It depends massively on the company, where you live and your skill >> level. For a normal area (not San Francisco, etc) I think the >> following is sane: >> >> Jr DBA: 50-75k (probably 3+ years of relevant experience, but not DBA >> experience) >> DBA: 60-90k (several years DBA experience) >> Sr DBA:80-120k (several years DBA experience plus extensive knowledge) >> >> Anyone feel like correcting me? >> > > I suspect H1B ssalaries tend to be somewhat below these levels. > > also, it really depends if DBA means purely administration and operations, > if so, I'd expect salaries to be somewhat lower than those ranges, or > whether it includes application design and development management, whereupon > they could be higher. There really aren't that many shops that need a > full time pure database administrator, its far more likely in the postgres > world for the DBA hat to be worn by someone who's primary job is general > systems administrator. > > > > -- > john r pierce N 37, W 123 > santa cruz ca mid-left coast > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general >
