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Web Administrators

Manage web environment design, deployment, development and maintenance activities. Perform testing and quality assurance of web sites and web applications.

Wages

BLS doesn't publish wages for Web Administrators separately. These are the figures for Computer Occupations, All Other (15-1299), its parent occupation.

Median annual wage, U.S.$116,580
Employment, U.S.435,370
Median hourly wage$56.05
Annual wage percentiles, U.S., May 2025
10th25thMedian75th90th
$55,940$79,370$116,580$157,500$188,470
By state (51)
StateEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Alabama2,630$106,3300.44
Alaska710$105,9600.78
Arizona5,510$105,2400.61
Arkansas1,120$86,9400.31
California80,150$134,4401.57
Colorado11,800$139,5801.47
Connecticut3,100$127,7200.65
Delaware860$137,4700.63
District of Columbia17,200$156,5908.75
Florida13,710$105,3700.49
Georgia20,630$104,6101.51
Hawaii2,080$120,1001.18
Idaho1,040$98,7000.43
Illinois11,160$99,3600.65
Indiana3,340$93,5400.37
Iowa3,850$107,3400.88
Kansas1,340$103,3800.33
Kentucky1,850$89,4200.33
Louisiana5,020$77,0000.93
Maine900$107,9900.50
Maryland19,060$144,6802.46
Massachusetts6,170$109,5900.61
Michigan7,440$105,6800.60
Minnesota4,180$91,7500.51
Mississippi1,450$86,9400.45
Missouri14,340$101,0401.74
Montana540$81,9700.38
Nebraska2,280$92,4800.79
Nevada2,610$100,2200.60
New Hampshire970$91,7200.51
New Jersey12,010$108,3101.00
New Mexico1,650$127,0900.67
New York11,460$116,9900.42
North Carolina15,090$104,8501.09
North Dakota730$78,3300.60
Ohio6,150$109,7800.40
Oklahoma3,320$102,5200.69
Oregon2,450$97,3500.45
Pennsylvania14,580$107,2300.86
Rhode Island830$102,2100.59
South Carolina4,300$112,2600.67
South Dakota240$105,3700.18
Tennessee10,930$76,4701.19
Texas57,020$111,5301.45
Utah6,680$97,4701.37
Vermont1,320$111,5301.56
Virginia17,000$139,0301.48
Washington14,360$128,9401.44
West Virginia3,380$107,1401.72
Wisconsin4,680$88,1300.57
Wyoming170$94,5200.22

Similar occupations

Similarity is our measure: the cosine of importance x level over all 120 O*NET skills, knowledge areas and abilities. It is not an O*NET finding. More.

#OccupationJob ZoneSimilarity
1Information Security Analysts40.970
2Database Administrators40.968
3Web Developers30.967
4Computer Systems Analysts40.966
5Document Management Specialists40.961
6Computer Systems Engineers/Architects30.960
7Computer and Information Systems Managers40.958
8Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers40.958
9Health Informatics Specialists50.956
10Computer Network Architects40.955

One skill away

Among the 50 occupations most similar to Web Administrators, those at the same Job Zone or lower, where exactly one skill rated at least 3 in importance needs a level more than 0.75 points higher (on O*NET's 0-7 level scale). Our definition. Change the thresholds.

OccupationSkill to buildLevel gapSimilarity
Information Security AnalystsOperations Monitoring0.870.970
Web DevelopersProgramming1.370.967
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersProgramming0.870.958
Search Marketing StrategistsPersuasion1.000.951
Penetration TestersProgramming1.240.949
Blockchain EngineersMathematics1.260.943
Information Security EngineersOperations Monitoring0.870.943
Business Intelligence AnalystsMathematics1.760.941
Video Game DesignersProgramming1.000.937
Market Research Analysts and Marketing SpecialistsMathematics1.000.936

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Software to learn next

Software used by at least 3 of the 20 occupations most similar to Web Administrators, excluding software Web Administrators already lists and any you named. Ranked by how many of them use it, weighted by how much more common it is among them than across all occupations (lift). Our ranking.

SoftwareSimilar jobs using itLift
Unified modeling language UML14 of 2025.8x
Spring Framework12 of 2034.6x
Node.js13 of 2025.0x
C#16 of 2013.4x
Apache Solr13 of 2023.1x
MongoDB13 of 2022.2x
Docker13 of 2021.4x
Go13 of 2021.4x
Ansible software13 of 2020.7x
LAMP Stack12 of 2026.4x

Skills

From O*NET data. Importance is rated 1 to 5 and level 0 to 7.

SkillTypeImportanceLevel
Critical ThinkingEssential skill 4.00 4.12
Reading ComprehensionEssential skill 3.88 4.12
Active ListeningEssential skill 3.75 3.88
Complex Problem SolvingTransferable skill 3.75 3.88
MonitoringEssential skill 3.38 3.50
Judgment and Decision MakingTransferable skill 3.38 3.38
Systems EvaluationTransferable skill 3.38 3.38
SpeakingEssential skill 3.25 3.50
Systems AnalysisTransferable skill 3.25 3.38
WritingEssential skill 3.25 3.38
Active LearningEssential skill 3.12 3.75
Quality Control AnalysisTransferable skill 3.12 3.38
ProgrammingTransferable skill 3.12 2.88
InstructingTransferable skill 3.00 3.62
CoordinationTransferable skill 3.00 3.25
Time ManagementTransferable skill 3.00 3.12
Learning StrategiesEssential skill 3.00 3.00
Social PerceptivenessTransferable skill 2.88 3.00
Service OrientationTransferable skill 2.88 2.88
Operations AnalysisTransferable skill 2.75 3.50
Management of Personnel ResourcesTransferable skill 2.62 2.12
TroubleshootingTransferable skill 2.50 3.00
NegotiationTransferable skill 2.50 2.75
PersuasionTransferable skill 2.50 2.62
Operations MonitoringTransferable skill 2.38 2.25
Technology DesignTransferable skill 2.38 2.25
ScienceEssential skill 2.12 2.38
MathematicsEssential skill 2.12 2.12
Management of Financial ResourcesTransferable skill 2.00 1.75
Management of Material ResourcesTransferable skill 1.88 1.38
Equipment SelectionTransferable skill 1.75not rated
Operation and ControlTransferable skill 1.75 1.12
InstallationTransferable skill 1.62 1.00
Equipment MaintenanceTransferable skill 1.12not rated
RepairingTransferable skill 1.12not rated
Knowledge (33) and abilities (52)
Knowledge
NameImportanceLevel
Computers and Electronics 4.15 5.35
English Language 4.10 4.60
Communications and Media 4.10 4.20
Customer and Personal Service 3.55 4.40
Administration and Management 3.20 4.05
Engineering and Technology 3.20 3.55
Design 3.15 3.80
Sales and Marketing 3.00 4.20
Education and Training 2.90 3.95
Telecommunications 2.70 2.80
Administrative 2.68 3.75
Mathematics 2.65 3.65
Law and Government 2.47 2.50
Public Safety and Security 2.30 2.15
Personnel and Human Resources 2.26 2.40
Production and Processing 2.25 1.90
Psychology 1.95 1.90
Economics and Accounting 1.90 1.60
Sociology and Anthropology 1.85 1.75
Geography 1.75 1.60
Fine Arts 1.60 1.50
History and Archeology 1.50 1.00
Mechanical 1.45 0.85
Transportation 1.40 0.90
Foreign Language 1.35not rated
Building and Construction 1.25not rated
Physics 1.25 0.75
Biology 1.20not rated
Philosophy and Theology 1.20not rated
Chemistry 1.15not rated
Food Production 1.15not rated
Medicine and Dentistry 1.15not rated
Therapy and Counseling 1.10not rated
Abilities
NameImportanceLevel
Oral Comprehension 4.00 4.25
Written Comprehension 4.00 4.12
Oral Expression 3.88 4.12
Deductive Reasoning 3.88 4.00
Problem Sensitivity 3.88 4.00
Near Vision 3.88 3.88
Inductive Reasoning 3.75 3.88
Written Expression 3.62 3.88
Information Ordering 3.38 3.75
Speech Clarity 3.25 3.12
Speech Recognition 3.25 3.12
Category Flexibility 3.12 3.25
Fluency of Ideas 3.12 3.12
Originality 3.00 3.25
Flexibility of Closure 3.00 3.12
Mathematical Reasoning 2.88 3.00
Selective Attention 2.88 3.00
Speed of Closure 2.88 2.88
Visualization 2.88 2.88
Perceptual Speed 2.75 2.88
Finger Dexterity 2.75 2.75
Memorization 2.62 3.00
Number Facility 2.62 2.88
Far Vision 2.62 2.75
Visual Color Discrimination 2.38 2.12
Time Sharing 2.25 1.88
Manual Dexterity 2.00 1.88
Arm-Hand Steadiness 1.88 1.62
Control Precision 1.88 1.62
Auditory Attention 1.75 1.38
Hearing Sensitivity 1.75 1.38
Depth Perception 1.75 0.75
Trunk Strength 1.50 0.88
Wrist-Finger Speed 1.38 0.38
Dynamic Strength 1.12not rated
Dynamic Flexibility 1.00not rated
Explosive Strength 1.00not rated
Extent Flexibility 1.00not rated
Glare Sensitivity 1.00not rated
Gross Body Coordination 1.00not rated
Gross Body Equilibrium 1.00not rated
Multilimb Coordination 1.00not rated
Night Vision 1.00not rated
Peripheral Vision 1.00not rated
Rate Control 1.00not rated
Reaction Time 1.00not rated
Response Orientation 1.00not rated
Sound Localization 1.00not rated
Spatial Orientation 1.00not rated
Speed of Limb Movement 1.00not rated
Stamina 1.00not rated
Static Strength 1.00not rated

Software used

Examples from O*NET data. "Hot" and "in demand" are O*NET flags for technologies often listed in job postings.

All 117
  • Extensible markup language XML hot
  • IBM WebSphere MQ hot
  • Linux hot
  • Microsoft .NET Framework hot
  • Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP hot
  • Microsoft Azure software hot
  • Microsoft Excel hot
  • Microsoft PowerPoint hot
  • Microsoft Project hot
  • Microsoft Visio hot
  • Microsoft Visual Studio hot
  • Microsoft Windows hot
  • Microsoft Word hot
  • Mozilla Firefox hot
  • MySQL hot
  • Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management hot
  • Perl hot
  • PostgreSQL hot
  • Python hot
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux hot
  • SAS hot
  • Shell script hot
  • UNIX hot
  • jQuery hot
  • Adobe ActionScript
  • Adobe ColdFusion
  • Adobe Director
  • Adobe Dreamweaver
  • Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
  • Adobe FreeHand MX
  • Adobe Macromedia HomeSite
  • Adobe PageMaker
  • Apache Ant
  • Apache HTTP Server
  • Apache Struts
  • Berkeley Internet Domain Name BIND
  • CA SiteMinder
  • Citrix cloud computing software
  • Common gateway interface CGI
  • Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite
  • Customer information control system CICS
  • Dynamic hypertext markup language DHTML
  • Email software
  • Embarcadero Delphi
  • Enterprise JavaBeans
  • Extensible hypertext markup language XHTML
  • Extensible stylesheet language XSL
  • Firewall software
  • Google Ads
  • Hewlett Packard HP-UX
  • IBM Middleware
  • IBM WebSphere
  • Joomla
  • Juniper Networks NetScreen-Security Manager
  • KornShell
  • Microsoft ActiveX
  • Microsoft DNS Server
  • Microsoft Exchange
  • Microsoft FrontPage
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer
  • Microsoft SharePoint Server
  • Microsoft Virtual Server
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition VBScript
  • OpenText Livelink ECM
  • Oracle Application Server
  • Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
  • Oracle Fusion Applications
  • Oracle Fusion Middleware
  • Oracle JDBC
  • Oracle JavaServer Pages JSP
  • Oracle Solaris
  • Oracle WebLogic Server
  • RESTful API
  • Red Hat WildFly
  • Router software
  • Salesforce Marketing Cloud
  • Sony Sound Forge
  • Sorenson Media Sorenson Squeeze
  • Storage area network SAN software
  • Sun Microsystems Java Servlet API
  • Switch software
  • Tool command language Tcl
  • VMWare ESX Server
  • Vignette Content Management
  • Vignette Portal
  • Web content management system CMS software
  • WebTrends Analytics

Where it concentrates

BLS doesn't publish wages for Web Administrators separately. These are the figures for Computer Occupations, All Other (15-1299), its parent occupation.

Metro areas ranked by BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of the area's jobs divided by its share of all US jobs. Above 1 means more concentrated than the nation. Metros employing fewer than 100 are left out.

Metro areaEmploymentLocation quotientMedian annual
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ5005.29$118,120
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA16,6805.25$184,430
Lexington Park, MD1,0005.05$144,680
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV3503.46$106,330
Warner Robins, GA6903.26$100,260
Elizabethtown, KY4503.14$106,330
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX10,1002.79$129,470
Fayetteville, NC9702.65$101,800
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA16,9302.55$161,700
Burlington-South Burlington, VT8402.51$121,850

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