the Northeast generally earned the highest average salaries in the nation. The highest rates of pay were reported by those in New Jersey and Virginia, who averaged nearly $87,000 per year. Those in Washington, Delaware and New Hampshire made about $84,000 per year. The lowest rates of pay in the nation were reported by Montana, Mississippi and West Virginia, where database managers averaged between $52,000 and $54,000 per year.

Occupational Outlook

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment among database managers is expected to be favorable in the coming decade. The bureau predicts an employment growth rate of 31 percent between 2010 and 2020, over twice the expected average rate for the economy as a whole. Applicants who hold a master's in business administration as well as an undergraduateUW Survey: Majority of Wyomingites Support Ban on Muslim Immigration to U.S.

A survey conducted by the University of Wyoming reveals a sharp divide among Wyoming residents with regard to U.S. immigration policy.

UW's 2016 Election Survey found that 55 percent of Wyomingites would be in favor of forbidding Muslims to travel to the U.S., according to a UW news release.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has spoken in favor of such a ban, and the issue has factored prominently into this year's election.

Oliver Walter, one of the surveys founders and a former member of UW's Department of Political Science, says the divide represents the largest wedge between supporters of Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

The survey finds that of Wyomingites supporting Trump, just over 80 percent of them agree with