Database Administrator (DBA) salaries
Monthly net pay from 179 answers since 2023. In 2026 the median is ₺132,500; the middle half earns ₺77,500–₺205,000.
- 2026 median
- ₺132,500
- Last year
- +29%
- 2026 answers
- 22
Monthly net pay by year
- 2024 +110%
- 2025 +38%
- 2026 +29%
Amounts are in each year's nominal lira; in years of high inflation most of the rise is prices, not purchasing power.
2026 distribution · point at a year on the chart
22 people- Bottom 10%
- ₺70,500
- Lower quartile (P25)
- ₺77,500
- Median
- ₺132,500
- Upper quartile (P75)
- ₺205,000
- Top 10%
- ₺225,000
The bottom and top tenth are shown instead of the single lowest and highest answer: the extremes are either mistakes or one person, and showing one answer makes that person recognisable.
2026, by experience
Not enough answers this year for a breakdown.
The line is the median, the light band the middle half.
2026, by level
Not enough answers this year for a breakdown.
The level is the respondent's own answer.
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Every year
| Year | Answers | Lower quartile | Median | Upper quartile | Against the year before |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | ₺77,500 | ₺132,500 | ₺205,000 | +29% |
| 2025 | 70 | ₺58,500 | ₺102,500 | ₺152,500 | +38% |
| 2024 | 41 | ₺50,500 | ₺74,500 | ₺107,500 | +110% |
| 2023 | 46 | ₺22,500 | ₺35,500 | ₺50,500 | — |
Where do the numbers come from?
- The Önceki Yazılımcı salary surveys, run every year from 2023 to 2026: 28,224 answers in all.
Used with the survey author's permission. We keep nothing per person; this page only holds group summaries.
- Only groups of at least 15 people are shown; no figure of a smaller group is published.
- The survey asks for a range; each value is the middle of its range, rounded to 500 lira. A value that falls in an open top range is written with "≥".
- Only answers from people working in Turkey and paid in Turkish lira count.
- Amounts are each year's nominal lira, not adjusted for inflation.