# Database Administrators

> 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.

- **SOC code:** 15-1242.00
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/roles/role-15-1242-00
- **Also known as:** Database Administration Manager, Database Administrator (DBA), Database Analyst, Systems Administrator (Systems Admin), Database Coordinator, Database Engineer, Database Manager, Development and Database Administration Manager
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap (how codifiable the work is), not jobs lost or a forecast. Every figure below is traced to a named public dataset.

## What this work is

**Core tasks** (O*NET):
- Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct programmers and analysts to make changes.
- Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.
- Plan and install upgrades of database management system software to enhance database performance.
- Specify users and user access levels for each segment of database.
- Test changes to database applications or systems.
- Test programs or databases, correct errors, and make necessary modifications.
- Train users and answer questions.
- Provide technical support to junior staff or clients.
- Approve, schedule, plan, and supervise the installation and testing of new products and improvements to computer systems, such as the installation of new databases.
- Develop standards and guidelines for the use and acquisition of software and to protect vulnerable information.
- Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system, or direct others in coding descriptions.
- Develop data models describing data elements and how they are used, following procedures and using pen, template, or computer software.

## Skills, tools, capabilities

**Knowledge, skills & abilities** (O*NET, highest importance first):
- Computers and Electronics _(knowledge)_
- Deductive Reasoning _(ability)_
- English Language _(knowledge)_
- Customer and Personal Service _(knowledge)_
- Critical Thinking _(essential_skill)_
- Complex Problem Solving _(transferable_skill)_
- Oral Comprehension _(ability)_
- Written Comprehension _(ability)_
- Problem Sensitivity _(ability)_
- Inductive Reasoning _(ability)_
- Information Ordering _(ability)_
- Reading Comprehension _(essential_skill)_

**Skills in demand:**
- Deductive Reasoning _(Common Skill)_
- English Language _(Common Skill)_
- Information Ordering _(Specialized Skill)_
- Inductive Reasoning _(Common Skill)_
- Critical Thinking _(Common Skill)_
- Complex Problem Solving _(Common Skill)_
- Reading Comprehension _(Common Skill)_
- Active Listening _(Common Skill)_
- Mathematics _(Common Skill)_
- Telecommunications _(Specialized Skill)_
- Unix _(Specialized Skill)_
- Transact-SQL _(Specialized Skill)_

**Tools & technology:**
- Amazon Redshift _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Amazon Web Services AWS software _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Apache Airflow _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Apache Hadoop _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Apache Kafka _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Apache Spark _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Atlassian JIRA _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Git _(hot technology, in demand)_
- GitHub _(hot technology, in demand)_
- IBM Terraform _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Informatica software _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Kubernetes _(hot technology, in demand)_

## AI exposure & outlook

- **AI task-overlap index:** 96th percentile (High) across all occupations — composite of current-era exposure studies (ai-exposure-index-v1).
- **LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou):** 95th percentile (High) — source: eloundou_gamma.
- **AI assistant applicability (Microsoft):** 87th percentile (High) — source: microsoft_applicability.
- **Projected employment (BLS 2024–34):** -0.7% growth (Declining); 3.8k annual openings; 78k → 77.5k jobs.
- **Pay & employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** median $104,620; 73,180 employed.

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **Anthropic Economic Index** (v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27)) — Anthropic. https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index
- **Microsoft “Working with AI”** (working-with-ai) — Microsoft Research. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-15-1242-00_