Computer & Math

Database Administrators

SOC 15-1242

Keep an organization's data stored, secure, fast, and recoverable.

Median pay

$105k

$80k to $135k typical range

Outlook

Declining

3k openings / yr

Education

Bachelor's

AI displacement risk

Very high

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person · our model, not a benchmark

Works with AI

8/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

98th pct

More exposed than 98% of occupations · modeled estimate · 87th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

42/100

Key skills

Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Active Learning
Speaking
Writing

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.