Headline risk
53%
Very High RiskDatabase administrators
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
Administer, test, and implement computer databases, applying knowledge of database management systems. Coordinate changes to computer databases. Identify, investigate, and resolve database performance issues, database capacity, and database scalability. May plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard computer databases.
Task evidence
91% weighted task match · 34% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 104,620
Employment 2024
78.0K
Projected Change (2024–34)
-0.7%
Openings (2024–34)
3.8K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Overall employment of database administrators and architects is projected to grow 4 percent from 2024 to 2034, about as fast as the average for all occupations.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct programmers and analysts to make changes. AI use: 89%
- 2. Test changes to database applications or systems. AI use: 0%
- 3. Test programs or databases, correct errors, and make necessary modifications. AI use: 98%
- 4. Provide technical support to junior staff or clients. AI use: 74%
- 5. Approve, schedule, plan, and supervise the installation and testing of new products and improvements to computer systems, such as the installation of new databases. AI use: 0%
- 6. Specify users and user access levels for each segment of database. AI use: 86%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 44.1 · 148K employed
Under 25: 1% · 25–54: 74% · 55+: 26%
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Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
title_match · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Database administrators and architects create or organize systems to store and secure data.
Many database administrators and architects work in firms that provide computer design services or in industries that have large databases, such educational institutions and insurance companies. Most database administrators and architects work full time.
Database administrators and architects typically need a bachelor’s degree in computer and information technology or a related field.
The median annual wage for database administrators was $104,620 in May 2024.
Overall employment of database administrators and architects is projected to grow 4 percent from 2024 to 2034, about as fast as the average for all occupations.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.