Side by side

BI Analyst vs Database Administrator

BI Analyst pays more: a median of $149,000 against $134,000. There is 2.0× more demand for Database Administrator. Database Administrator is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 5.5%. Listings for Database Administrator move faster — median age 50 days against 75.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureBI AnalystDatabase AdministratorGap
Open postings9,54018,708-9,168
Posted this week4011,110
Median salary$149,000$134,000+$15k
25th percentile$118k$106k
75th percentile$185k$166k
Salary disclosed2.7%3.4%
Remote share7.3%12.8%-5.5pp
Median age of posting75d50d
Open over 60 days46.5%38.1%
Visa sponsorship4.9%10.7%
Pay

Pay distribution

BI Analyst

$67k$258k

Database Administrator

$60k$232k
Freshness

How old the listings are

BI Analyst

just posted75d median90d+

Database Administrator

just posted50d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

BI Analyst — technologies

SQL
72.0%
Salesforce
65.8%
GCP
59.6%
Docker
53.4%
dbt
47.2%
Terraform
41.0%
Swift
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%

BI Analyst — employers

Tidewater Insurance
9.4%
Lakeshore Hospitality
8.7%
Beacon Robotics
8.0%
Fairmount Legal
7.2%
Northwind Systems
6.5%
Quarry Analytics
5.8%
Cobalt Financial
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%.