Computer & Math

Database Architects

SOC 15-1243

Design the data layer whole companies are built on top of.

The job

Median pay

$140k

$109k to $169k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+9.4% projected

Openings a year

BLS projection

Typical education

Bachelor's

Our model

AI displacement risk

Very high

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

3/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

92nd pct

More exposed than 92% of occupations · modeled estimate · 90th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

56/100

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Key skills

Reading Comprehension
Critical Thinking
Active Listening
Speaking
Writing
Active Learning

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Texas	8,270	0.6	1.4×	$151k
California	6,210	0.3	0.8×	$170k
Virginia	5,260	1.3	3.0×	$160k
North Carolina	4,070	0.8	1.9×	$135k
New York	3,850	0.4	0.9×	$141k
New Jersey	3,090	0.7	1.7×	$121k
Washington	2,990	0.8	1.9×	$129k
Pennsylvania	2,840	0.5	1.1×	$128k~
Massachusetts	2,690	0.7	1.7×	$162k
Georgia	2,590	0.5	1.2×	$140k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Colorado	1,950	0.7	1.6×	$155k
Ohio	1,820	0.3	0.8×	$133k
Florida	1,810	0.2	0.4×	$138k
Illinois	1,590	0.3	0.6×	$143k
Missouri	1,410	0.5	1.1×	$111k
Michigan	1,390	0.3	0.7×	$131k
Maryland	1,370	0.5	1.1×	$133k
Minnesota	1,240	0.4	1.0×	$133k
Arizona	1,200	0.4	0.9×	$156k
South Carolina	1,160	0.5	1.2×	$130k
Connecticut	1,140	0.7	1.6×	$144k
Oklahoma	860	0.5	1.2×	$110k
Washington DC	790	1.1	2.6×	$150k
Oregon	730	0.4	0.9×	$138k
Tennessee	650	0.2	0.5×	$115k
Utah	630	0.4	0.8×	$132k
Nebraska	610	0.6	1.4×	$134k
Wisconsin	520	0.2	0.4×	$138k
Indiana	500	0.2	0.4×	$133k
Nevada	420	0.3	0.6×	$140k
Arkansas	360	0.3	0.6×	$104k
Kansas	360	0.3	0.6×	$130k
Kentucky	350	0.2	0.4×	$125k
Louisiana	336	0.2	0.4×	$101k~
Alabama	270	0.1	0.3×	$105k
Idaho	260	0.3	0.7×	$121k
Iowa	240	0.2	0.4×	$124k
Maine	190	0.3	0.7×	$133k
Delaware	185	0.4	0.9×	$148k~
Rhode Island	160	0.3	0.7×	$140k
Wyoming	160	0.6	1.3×	$108k~
Montana	121	0.2	0.6×	$110k~
New Hampshire	120	0.2	0.4×	$140k
New Mexico	120	0.1	0.3×	$118k
West Virginia	120	0.2	0.4×	$103k~
Mississippi	100	0.1	0.2×	$98k
Vermont	99	0.3	0.8×	$122k~
Alaska	70	0.2	0.5×	$113k
Hawaii	60	0.1	0.2×	$134k
North Dakota	60	0.1	0.3×	$109k
South Dakota	40	0.1	0.2×	$137k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ5,460 jobs · $132k median
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV4,740 jobs · $163k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX4,320 jobs · $155k median
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA2,500 jobs · $105k median
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH2,120 jobs · $162k median
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA2,110 jobs · $140k median
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA1,600 jobs · $176k median
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC1,560 jobs · $139k median

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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.