Database Administrators
Computer & MathematicalAI exposure
- Data source: BLSPublished: '26.08
Very high· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-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
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: '26.03
0.332
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
- Data source: ILOPublished: '25
0.57
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-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.
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| Task | Claude.aiRaw / share % | APIRaw / share % |
|---|---|---|
Test programs or databases, correct errors, and make necessary modifications.15-1141 | 0.293237.4 | 2.336483.9 |
Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct programmers and analysts to make changes.15-1141 | 0.199025.4 | 0.14395.2 |
Develop methods for integrating different products so they work properly together such as customizing commercial databases to fit specific needs.15-1141 | 0.112314.3 | 0.09923.6 |
Develop standards and guidelines to guide the use and acquisition of software and to protect vulnerable information.15-1141 | 0.03965.1 | 0.06752.4 |
Develop data model describing data elements and how they are used, following procedures and using pen, template or computer software.15-1141 | 0.03654.7 | 0.05492.0 |
Review procedures in database management system manuals for making changes to database.15-1141 | 0.03234.1 | 0.02881.0 |
Plan, coordinate and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.15-1141 | 0.02453.1 | 0.02801.0 |
Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system or direct others in coding descriptions.15-1141 | 0.01792.3 | 0.00830.3 |
Specify users and user access levels for each segment of database.15-1141 | 0.01111.4 | 0.00620.2 |
Identify and evaluate industry trends in database systems to serve as a source of information and advice for upper management.15-1141 | 0.01001.3 | —0 |
| Not observed on any surface — 4 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. | ||
Approve, schedule, plan, and supervise the installation and testing of new products and improvements to computer systems such as the installation of new databases. | —0 | —0 |
Review project requests describing database user needs to estimate time and cost required to accomplish project. | —0 | —0 |
Work as part of a project team to coordinate database development and determine project scope and limitations. | —0 | —0 |
Review workflow charts developed by programmer analyst to understand tasks computer will perform, such as updating records. | —0 | —0 |
Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.
| Task | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Develop standards and guidelines for the use and acquisition of software and to protect vulnerable information.O*NET Task ID 1298 | 1.0 |
Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct programmers and analysts to make changes.O*NET Task ID 1299 | 1.0 |
Test programs or databases, correct errors, and make necessary modifications.O*NET Task ID 1300 | 1.0 |
Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.O*NET Task ID 1301 | 1.0 |
Approve, schedule, plan, and supervise the installation and testing of new products and improvements to computer systems, such as the installation of new databases.O*NET Task ID 1302 | 1.0 |
Specify users and user access levels for each segment of database.O*NET Task ID 1305 | 1.0 |
Develop data model describing data elements and how they are used, following procedures and using pen, template, or computer software.O*NET Task ID 1306 | 1.0 |
Review procedures in database management system manuals to make changes to database.O*NET Task ID 1309 | 1.0 |
Select and enter codes to monitor database performance and to create production database.O*NET Task ID 1311 | 1.0 |
Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system, or direct others in coding descriptions.O*NET Task ID 1313 | 1.0 |
β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.
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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)]