Side by side

AI / ML Engineer vs Database Administrator

AI / ML Engineer pays more: a median of $188,500 against $134,000. There is 1.6× more demand for AI / ML Engineer. Database Administrator is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 6.3%.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureAI / ML EngineerDatabase AdministratorGap
Open postings29,27118,708+10,563
Posted this week9741,110
Median salary$188,500$134,000+$54.5k
25th percentile$149k$106k
75th percentile$234k$166k
Salary disclosed2.9%3.4%
Remote share6.5%12.8%-6.3pp
Median age of posting47d50d
Open over 60 days51.4%38.1%
Visa sponsorship4.4%10.7%
Pay

Pay distribution

AI / ML Engineer

$85k$326k

Database Administrator

$60k$232k
Freshness

How old the listings are

AI / ML Engineer

just posted47d median90d+

Database Administrator

just posted50d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

AI / ML Engineer — technologies

Python
72.0%
Node.js
65.8%
Spark
59.6%
React
53.4%
Tableau
47.2%
Airflow
41.0%
Go
34.8%

Database Administrator — technologies

Python
72.0%
SQL
65.8%
Go
59.6%
Tableau
53.4%
Kotlin
47.2%
Spark
41.0%
HubSpot
34.8%

AI / ML Engineer — employers

Tidewater Insurance
9.4%
Cobalt Financial
8.7%
Umbra Security
8.0%
Ironbark Manufacturing
7.2%
Kestrel Health
6.5%
Meridian Software
5.8%
Beacon Robotics
5.1%

Database Administrator — employers

Brightline Retail
9.4%
Beacon Robotics
8.7%
Fairmount Legal
8.0%
Vantage Logistics
7.2%
Cobalt Financial
6.5%
Aperture Labs
5.8%
Halcyon Energy
5.1%

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Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.