Database Administrators
SOC Code: 15-1242.00
The DOL disclosure extract lists 23,468 H-1B LCA filings for Database Administrators from 4,840 employer filers, with a 97.9% DOL certification rate and an average listed offered wage of $115,647. The highest-volume worksite state is TX with 4,737 filings. The highest-volume filer is Ernst & Young U.S. LLP. These filings are not USCIS petition approvals or visa outcomes.
LCA filing profile: Database Administrators. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 15-1242.00, the extract lists 23,468 Labor Condition Application filings from 4,840 distinct employer filers. The DOL certified 97.9% of those filings, a DOL record status for the wage and working-condition attestations. Filing volume does not establish that a role qualifies for H-1B, that a USCIS petition was filed or approved, or that anyone was hired.
Where this occupation sits in the corpus. By disclosed LCA volume, Database Administrators ranks #17 of 1,219 occupational codes in the current PlainVisa dataset, placing it in the top 2% by filings. This is a corpus-relative rank computed from the same FY2023–FY2026 DOL disclosure snapshot as this profile, not a measure of job quality, worker demand, or visa approval odds.
Where LCA filings are recorded for Database Administrators. The highest-volume employer filer is Ernst & Young U.S. LLP with 4,861 filings at an average listed offered wage of $138,765, followed by Amazon.com Services LLC, Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Amazon Web Services, Inc.. Geographically, TX leads with 4,737 filings (average listed wage $108,298), followed by CA, NJ, NY. These distributions describe DOL filing records only; they do not measure labor-market demand, confirmed sponsorship, hiring, or visa outcomes.
Top Employers for Database Administrators
Employer filers with the most listed LCAs for this occupation
| Employer | LCA filings | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 4,861 | $138,765 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 755 | $128,901 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited | 537 | $91,114 |
| Amazon Web Services, Inc. | 322 | $123,068 |
| ServiceNow, Inc. | 293 | $110,338 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US CORP | 261 | $109,905 |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP | 196 | $118,576 |
| Ltimindtree Limited | 187 | $97,058 |
| Accenture LLP | 167 | $122,377 |
| Compunnel Software Group, INC | 161 | $102,154 |
| IBM Corporation | 121 | $113,354 |
| Tech Mahindra (Americas), INC | 116 | $98,557 |
| The Vanguard Group, Inc. | 116 | $139,095 |
| TekInvaderZ LLC | 106 | $85,386 |
| Informatica LLC | 96 | $107,413 |
| Jpmorgan Chase & CO. | 95 | $145,176 |
| CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. | 87 | $119,677 |
| Infosys Limited | 83 | $88,497 |
| Appridat Solutions LLC | 79 | $89,810 |
| Fidelity Technology Group, LLC | 76 | $105,531 |
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