Side by side

Data Scientist vs Database Administrator

Data Scientist pays more: a median of $153,500 against $134,000. There is 1.6× more demand for Database Administrator. Listings for Data Scientist move faster — median age 42 days against 50.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureData ScientistDatabase AdministratorGap
Open postings11,81918,708-6,889
Posted this week5961,110
Median salary$153,500$134,000+$19.5k
25th percentile$122k$106k
75th percentile$191k$166k
Salary disclosed7.6%3.4%
Remote share13.7%12.8%+0.9pp
Median age of posting42d50d
Open over 60 days40.7%38.1%
Visa sponsorship4.2%10.7%
Pay

Pay distribution

Data Scientist

$69k$266k

Database Administrator

$60k$232k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Data Scientist

just posted42d median90d+

Database Administrator

just posted50d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Data Scientist — technologies

JavaScript
72.0%
Terraform
65.8%
Salesforce
59.6%
Tableau
53.4%
Spark
47.2%
Airflow
41.0%
HubSpot
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 Scientist — employers

Cobalt Financial
9.4%
Kestrel Health
8.7%
Beacon Robotics
8.0%
Rivergate Media
7.2%
Pinewood Education
6.5%
Halcyon Energy
5.8%
Ironbark Manufacturing
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%.