In Minneapolis, a plumber charges $100 an hour while a house cleaner charges about $35.

In comparison, an middle level oracle dba gets paid about $40/hr. Outsourceing basically gutted the oracle consulting market. Big oracle shops such as Best Buy, Target, Wells Fargo have contracts with outsourcing companies to bring in suitcase dba's at cheap rates. Worse, most managers at these companies gets bonuses based on how much cheap labor they used.

Wal-martization of oracle continues!! Next step is DBA wears a blue dress and works for federal minimum wage.