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MySQL

Skill in demand · Lightcast

MySQL is a specialized skill in the Lightcast Open Skills taxonomy — the vocabulary employers use to describe what work requires. It maps to 31 occupations that together employ about 6,244,260 workers, with a median wage of $98,090. Its reach across the occupation map is moderate. The occupations that use it sit, on average, at the 87th percentile of AI task-exposure ( high) — a measure of how much the work overlaps with what AI can do, not of the skill's value. See where every skill sits.

This page is built from a crosswalk that maps each occupation's O*NET knowledge, skill, and ability requirements to the named Lightcast skill — it reflects which jobs require the skill, not a direct count of job postings. Employment and pay are BLS OEWS national figures for the occupations, not for the skill itself.

Occupations that need this skill

Occupations whose O*NET requirements map to MySQL, ranked by employment. Wage and employment are BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024).

Occupation Workers Median pay
Online Merchants 1,128,200 $81,270
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 861,140 $76,950
Search Marketing Strategists 861,140 $76,950
Loss Prevention Managers 630,980 $136,550
Blockchain Engineers 439,380 $108,970
Web Administrators 439,380 $108,970
Training and Development Specialists 436,610 $65,850
Marketing Managers 384,980 $161,030
Computer Network Support Specialists 146,450 $73,340
Video Game Designers 111,400 $98,090
Web and Digital Interface Designers 111,400 $98,090
Operations Research Analysts 107,760 $91,290
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 97,890 $80,190
Web Developers 78,860 $90,930
Database Administrators 73,180 $104,620
Remote Sensing Technicians 71,400 $60,130
Bioinformatics Scientists 59,710 $93,330
Writers and Authors 47,800 $72,270
Biostatisticians 29,800 $103,300
Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists 22,580 $117,960
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 22,510 $99,240
Physicists 21,340 $166,290
Economists 15,880 $115,440
Environmental Economists 15,880 $115,440
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers 6,770 $101,020
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators 5,550 $40,100
Bioinformatics Technicians 4,660 $71,490
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4,100 $78,630
Desktop Publishers 4,000 $53,620
Mathematicians 2,220 $121,680
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary 1,310 $100,830
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 31 occupations in occupations that need MySQL. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators Loss Prevention Managers Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers Remote Sensing Technicians Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists Online Merchants Computer Network Support Specialists Desktop Publishers Training and Development Specialists Database Administrators Economists Operations Research Analysts AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that need MySQL, by AI task-overlap and median pay

How this skill maps to occupations

The O*NET attribute types that bridge to this Lightcast skill, and how many of the mapped occupations each accounts for.

  • O*NET software example 31

Datasets behind this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "MySQL." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/mysql

APA

Singulariki. (2026). MySQL. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/mysql

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-mysql,
  title  = {MySQL},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/mysql}
}

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