Yeah, I'm wondering the same thing. I'm also wondering what you consider a DBA as well.

In my area, which is much smaller than a large city, I know some senior DBA's who are well into 6 figures as high as $120K per year. But, I know on the much lower end, some entry level to mid level DBA positions are listed for $50K to $60K to just do general DBA work. I consider myself mid-level. Most positions I've been offered are at least $100K or more.

However, most of these so-called DBA positions are not what I consider DBA's. Most are heavy on the development end dealing with a number of technologies and skillsets. Focuses on ETL development, SQL development, Business Intelligence, and even some .NET knowledge or other open source technologies for non-SQL Server roles like PostgreSQL, MySQL or NoSQL. Most of the traditional DBA positions are outsourced.