Which pays more, Data Analyst or Database Administrator?

The median advertised salary for each is in the table above, along with the 25th and 75th percentiles so you can see the spread rather than one number.

Which has more openings?

Both counts are live and computed at the same moment, so the comparison is like for like.

Postings are read from company career systems continuously; the age row shows how old the listings themselves are.

Side by side

Data Analyst vs Database Administrator

Pay is effectively the same — the medians sit within 1.5% apart. There is 1.5× more demand for Database Administrator. Database Administrator is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 9.8%. Listings for Database Administrator move faster — median age 50 days against 81.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Data Analyst	Database Administrator	Gap
Open postings	12,664	18,708	-6,044
Posted this week	609	1,110
Median salary	$136,000	$134,000	+$2k
25th percentile	$108k	$106k
75th percentile	$169k	$166k
Salary disclosed	5.6%	3.4%
Remote share	3.0%	12.8%	-9.8pp
Median age of posting	81d	50d
Open over 60 days	38.8%	38.1%
Visa sponsorship	19.8%	10.7%

Pay

Pay distribution

Data Analyst

$61k$235k

Database Administrator

$60k$232k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Data Analyst

just posted81d median90d+

Database Administrator

just posted50d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Data Analyst — technologies

React

72.0%

Node.js

65.8%

Spark

59.6%

AWS

53.4%

TypeScript

47.2%

41.0%

JavaScript

34.8%

Database Administrator — technologies

Python

72.0%

SQL

65.8%

59.6%

Tableau

53.4%

Kotlin

47.2%

Spark

41.0%

HubSpot

34.8%

Data Analyst — employers

Lakeshore Hospitality

9.4%

Rivergate Media

8.7%

Beacon Robotics

8.0%

Pinewood Education

7.2%

Quarry Analytics

6.5%

Tidewater Insurance

5.8%

Vantage Logistics

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%

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%.

Side by side

Pay distribution

Data Analyst

Database Administrator

How old the listings are

Data Analyst

Database Administrator

What each side asks for

Data Analyst — technologies

Database Administrator — technologies

Data Analyst — employers

Database Administrator — employers

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