Occupational Employment Statistics

DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

15-1242 Database Administrators

Occupational Description:
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. Excludes â€œInformation Security Analystsâ€ (15-1212) and â€œDatabase Architectsâ€ (15-1243).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
First Quarter 2025

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Minnesota	970	73	$49.25/hr	$29.24/hr	$35.20/hr	$47.41/hr	$63.12/hr	$72.79/hr

Leading Industries for Database Administrators

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Natural Resources and Mining	N/A	N/A
Manufacturing	50	$42.13/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities	90	$44.17/hr
Information	60	$49.00/hr
Financial Activities	140	$61.34/hr
Professional and Business Services	350	$51.02/hr
Education and Health Services	160	$45.42/hr
Leisure and Hospitality	N/A	N/A
Other Services	60	$28.43/hr
Public Administration	50	$43.38/hr

Other Regional Data for Database Administrators

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Northeast Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	10	$33.42/hr	N/A
Northeast Minnesota	20	$39.89/hr	10.0%
Southwest Minnesota	20	$36.37/hr	4.3%
Duluth MN-WI MSA	20	$40.06/hr	N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	20	$40.50/hr	N/A
St Cloud MN MSA	20	$42.31/hr	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	20	$32.80/hr	N/A
Southeast Balance of State	20	$42.13/hr	N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	30	$45.91/hr	N/A
Northwest Balance of State	30	$44.95/hr	N/A
Northwest Minnesota	40	$44.95/hr	0.0%
Fargo ND-MN MSA	40	$36.94/hr	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	40	N/A	N/A
Southeast Minnesota	50	$49.14/hr	4.8%
Central Minnesota	60	$42.08/hr	13.5%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	720	$49.00/hr	7.4%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	750	$49.00/hr	N/A
Minnesota	970	$47.41/hr	6.7%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Computer Systems Analysts	10,580	$52.05/hr	7.3%
Information Security Analysts	2,550	$62.82/hr	28.0%
Web Developers	1,470	$48.70/hr	15.7%
Computer and Information Systems Managers	10,710	$83.44/hr	14.7%
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	2,930	$51.16/hr	18.9%

Task for Database Administrators

Specify users and user access levels for each segment of database.
Test programs or databases, correct errors, and make necessary modifications.
Select and enter codes to monitor database performance and to create production database.
Review procedures in database management system manuals for making changes to database.
Train users and answer questions.
Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system or direct others in coding descriptions.
Review workflow charts developed by programmer analyst to understand tasks computer will perform, such as updating records.
Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system or direct others in coding descriptions.
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.