In case anyone missed it. Stackoverflow Developer survey came out. It had a high amount of DBA response.

https://stackoverflow.com/insights/survey/2017/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dev-survey-2017&utm_content=em-features&utm_source=so-owned

Interesting bits here:

SQL Server is second highest. MySQL being top.
Oracle was the highest database engine that is the most dreaded.
SQL language is second highest used under Javascript.
SQL language in top 2 languages between Web Developer, Sysadmin/DevOps, Data Science. Top for Desktop Developers.
SQL however, has the lowest pay compared to more enterprise OO languages.
DBA one of the somewhat lowest in the survey by salary. DevOps, Machine Learning and other statistical positions being highest.
DBA by the USA average is $85,000. Data Scientist, DevOps and similar around $100,000. UK DBA's reported at $46,250.