Data base management system software
Technology category · O*NET
Data base management system software is a technology category in the O*NET database. Across U.S. occupations, 109 report using software or tools in this category. The named products below are the specific examples O*NET records for those jobs. The occupations that use it sit, on average, at the 81st percentile of AI task-exposure ( high) — how much that work overlaps with what AI can do, not a sign the tool is being replaced. See where every tool category sits.
A Hot tag marks technologies O*NET sees frequently in employer job postings; In demand marks tools an occupation specifically requires.
Example software & tools
Ranked by how many occupations list each product. Each number is an occupation count — a job is counted once per product — so the product rows overlap and do not sum to the category total.
Showing the top 40 of 78 products in this category.
Occupations that use Data base management system software
- Accountants and Auditors
- Administrative Services Managers
- Advertising and Promotions Managers
- Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians
- Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
- Architectural and Engineering Managers
- Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
- Astronomers
- Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers
- Bioinformatics Scientists
- Bioinformatics Technicians
- Biostatisticians
- Blockchain Engineers
- Business Continuity Planners
- Business Intelligence Analysts
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School
- Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Chief Executives
- Clinical Data Managers
- Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Compliance Managers
- Computer Network Architects
- Computer Network Support Specialists
- Computer Programmers
- Computer Systems Analysts
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
- Computer User Support Specialists
- Computer and Information Research Scientists
- Computer and Information Systems Managers
- Correctional Officers and Jailers
- Data Scientists
- Data Warehousing Specialists
- Database Administrators
- Database Architects
- Desktop Publishers
- Document Management Specialists
- Economists
- Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
- Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
- Facilities Managers
Showing 40 of 109 occupations.
How AI is used by roles that use Data base management system software
A software category is not itself "being automated" — but we can look at the roles that report using Data base management system software and ask how those people actually use AI. This rolls the Anthropic Economic Index per-role signal up across those roles, weighted by how much observed AI activity each one has. 56.0% of the 109 roles that use this category carry observed AI-usage data (61 roles).
Across those roles, 54.5% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 38.8% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.63 / 5.
| Collaboration pattern | Share | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| directive | 35.4% | AI does it; you give the instruction |
| task iteration | 32.5% | you and AI go back and forth |
| learning | 16.8% | you ask AI to explain or teach |
| validation | 5.2% | you do it; AI checks your work |
| feedback loop | 3.4% | AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback |
Roles behind this signal
The roles using this category that have the most AEI data. "Works with AI" is the role's share of conversations that augment rather than automate.
| Occupation | Works with AI | Autonomy |
|---|---|---|
| Instructional Coordinators | 53.1% | 4.0/5 |
| Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary | 66.2% | 3.0/5 |
| Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary | 66.1% | 4.0/5 |
| Home Economics Teachers, Postsecondary | 65.2% | 3.5/5 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 36.3% | 3.0/5 |
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | 51.1% | 3.0/5 |
| Bioinformatics Scientists | 44.5% | 4.0/5 |
| Historians | 45.3% | 4.0/5 |
| Advertising and Promotions Managers | 61.8% | 4.0/5 |
| Operations Research Analysts | 55.2% | 4.0/5 |
| Chief Executives | 65.7% | 3.0/5 |
| Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School | 47.5% | 4.0/5 |
Source: Anthropic Economic Index (2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2) over a sample of Claude.ai Free and Pro conversations — not all AI tools and not the whole workforce. Roles list software categories in O*NET; this does not mean AI is used inside Data base management system software, only that people in those roles use AI. Some conversations are left unclassified, so shares need not sum to 100.
Industries that concentrate this
Where Data base management system software matters most across the economy. Employment reach is the share of an industry's workers in occupations that significantly use Data base management system software (O*NET importance ≥ 3 of 5, or report using the tool category). Concentration compares that reach to the national average industry, so a value above 1× means the requirement is more pervasive here than across the economy as a whole.
Nationally, about 18.2% of workers are in occupations that significantly use Data base management system software (measured across 67 industries).
Sectors with the most such workers
| Sector | Workers | Employment reach |
|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 5,488,560 | 51.0% |
| Manufacturing | 2,725,890 | 21.4% |
| Wholesale Trade | 2,240,200 | 37.1% |
| Finance and Insurance | 2,133,410 | 34.3% |
| Retail Trade | 1,960,840 | 12.6% |
| Educational Services | 1,887,550 | 13.8% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 1,781,700 | 7.7% |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | 1,553,750 | 55.3% |
| Information | 1,551,100 | 53.3% |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | 1,443,640 | 16.0% |
| Construction | 699,350 | 8.6% |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) | 681,870 | 15.4% |
Industries where it is most concentrated
| Industry | Level | Concentration | Employment reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | Sector | 3.04× | 55.3% |
| Information | Sector | 2.93× | 53.3% |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Sector | 2.8× | 51.0% |
| Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities | National industry | 2.46× | 44.7% |
| Testing Laboratories and Services | National industry | 2.42× | 44.1% |
| Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers | National industry | 2.28× | 41.5% |
| Television Broadcasting Stations | National industry | 2.24× | 40.7% |
| Engineering Services | National industry | 2.13× | 38.7% |
| Wholesale Trade | Sector | 2.04× | 37.1% |
| Finance and Insurance | Sector | 1.88× | 34.3% |
| Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations | National industry | 1.76× | 32.0% |
| Radio Broadcasting Stations | National industry | 1.57× | 28.6% |
Reach is a measure of how widespread a requirement is across an industry's workforce, not how intensively any individual uses it. Sector worker counts come from BLS OEWS employment; the significance threshold and tool use come from O*NET. Industries shown by concentration are filtered to a real worker base so a tiny specialty cannot top the list on rounding.
Sources for 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.
- O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Census NAICS 2022 U.S. Census Bureau
- Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
- “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic
- AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans academic
Data compiled June 3, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
Cite this page
Singulariki. "Data base management system software." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Census NAICS 2022; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/tools/data-base-management-system-software
Singulariki. (2026). Data base management system software. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/tools/data-base-management-system-software
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