Side by side

Data Engineer vs Database Administrator

Data Engineer pays more: a median of $140,500 against $134,000. There is 1.5× more demand for Data Engineer. Database Administrator is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 6.0%. Listings for Database Administrator move faster — median age 50 days against 55.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureData EngineerDatabase AdministratorGap
Open postings28,24518,708+9,537
Posted this week2,1261,110
Median salary$140,500$134,000+$6.5k
25th percentile$111k$106k
75th percentile$174k$166k
Salary disclosed5.4%3.4%
Remote share6.8%12.8%-6.0pp
Median age of posting55d50d
Open over 60 days49.3%38.1%
Visa sponsorship24.3%10.7%
Pay

Pay distribution

Data Engineer

$63k$243k

Database Administrator

$60k$232k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Data Engineer

just posted55d median90d+

Database Administrator

just posted50d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Data Engineer — technologies

Python
72.0%
HubSpot
65.8%
JavaScript
59.6%
Docker
53.4%
TypeScript
47.2%
Tableau
41.0%
React
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%

Data Engineer — employers

Vantage Logistics
9.4%
Brightline Retail
8.7%
Beacon Robotics
8.0%
Lakeshore Hospitality
7.2%
Pinewood Education
6.5%
Quarry Analytics
5.8%
Halcyon Energy
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%.