Tech
Database administrator
Key facts
Employment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: high according to the ILO, very high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +5.8% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Database designers and administrators (ISCO 2521). Database designers and administrators design, develop, control, maintain and support the optimal performance and security of databases.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
34 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- data administrator
- data architect
- data base administrator
- data base administrators
- data base designer
- data base designers
- data base developer
- data base developers
- data base integrator
- data base integrators
- data integrator
- data manager
- data model designer
- data warehouse architect
- data warehouse designer
- data warehouse developer
- database administrator
- database administrators
- database architect
- database coder
- database configurator
- database design engineer
- database design specialist
- database designer
- database designers
- database developer
- database developers
- database development engineer
- database development specialist
- database integrator
- database integrators
- database manager
- database programmer
- DBA
Training
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.