Database Administrators

Computer & Mathematical

AI exposure

  • Data source: BLSPublished: '26.08

    Very high· relative

    LowFour relative bandsVery high

    Group-level value

    Scale, basis and source

    Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)

    831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band

    Source dataset (XLSX download)

  • Data source: AnthropicPublished: '26.03

    0.332

    0.000Range of values carried here0.745
    Scale, basis and source

    Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published

    Mapped onto O*NET tasks

    Source dataset

  • Data source: ILOPublished: '25

    0.57

    0.09Range of values carried here0.70

    Group-level value

    Scale, basis and source

    Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published

    ISCO-08 unit group — every occupation sharing the code gets this value

    Computed by this site, not published by the ILO: of the 1,012 occupations this site links to the ILO dataset, 7% score at or above this value.

    Source dataset

What kind of figure this source publishes

The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.

Task-level exposure

Exposed tasks only
TaskClaude.aiRaw / share %APIRaw / share %
Train users and answer questions.

15-1242

0.060037.50.00000.0
Provide technical support to junior staff or clients.

15-1242

0.040025.00.00000.0
Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct programmers and analysts to make changes.

15-1242

0.030018.80.070050.0
Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system, or direct others in coding descriptions.

15-1242

0.030018.80.020014.3
Develop data models describing data elements and how they are used, following procedures and using pen, template, or computer software.

15-1242

0.00000.00.00000.0
Test changes to database applications or systems.

15-1242

0.00000.00.00000.0
Review workflow charts developed by programmer analyst to understand tasks computer will perform, such as updating records.

15-1242

0.00000.00
Identify, evaluate and recommend hardware or software technologies to achieve desired database performance.

15-1242

0.00000.00
Test programs or databases, correct errors, and make necessary modifications.
00.040028.6
Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.
00.01007.1
Not observed on any surface — 8 task(s) These tasks have no row in the source for this release. The 0 in the share row is a display-stage composition ratio; absence is what the — in the raw row states.
Develop standards and guidelines for the use and acquisition of software and to protect vulnerable information.
00
Approve, schedule, plan, and supervise the installation and testing of new products and improvements to computer systems, such as the installation of new databases.
00
Specify users and user access levels for each segment of database.
00
Review procedures in database management system manuals to make changes to database.
00
Select and enter codes to monitor database performance and to create production databases.
00
Plan and install upgrades of database management system software to enhance database performance.
00
Identify and evaluate industry trends in database systems to serve as a source of information and advice for upper management.
00
Revise company definition of data as defined in data dictionary.
00

Data sources & licenses — O*NET®, Anthropic Economic Index, Eloundou et al. (2023): see full notices on the Credits page

Occupation information

Recent Changes Affecting This Occupation

Jul 2026: ADP/Stanford linked postings-payroll study of ~7,000 IT workers (2019-2025) identifies "design databases" as one of 8 activities associated with higher wages, while "monitor operation of computer or information technologies" is among 6 associated with lower wages. Effect sizes were not published.

[Source: ADP Research / Stanford Digital Economy Lab, Unbundling Jobs (July 2026)]