Will AI replace Database Administrators?
The Stanford WORKBank study rates tasks, not whole jobs, so it cannot say whether any one job disappears. What it shows: AI experts rate 5 of the 6 studied Database Administrators tasks as do-able by AI today, and 1 of those are tasks workers also want automated. Only 6 tasks were studied for this role, so treat the share as a rough signal.
of tasks in the Database Administrators role are ones AI can already do, per AI experts.
From a Stanford study where AI experts and database administrators workers rated each real task (O*NET). Not a guess from the job title.
Key statistics
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- AI can already do 83% of the 6 work tasks in the Database Administrators role, according to AI experts in the Stanford WORKBank study (O*NET SOC 15-1242.00).
- Workers in the Database Administrators role rate 17% of their tasks 3 or higher out of 5 for wanting them automated (Stanford WORKBank, 1,500 U.S. workers).
- 1 of 6 Database Administrators tasks are Automation Green Light, wanted by workers and do-able by AI, that is 17% of the role (Stanford WORKBank).
- The typical Database Administrators task scores 2.42/5 for worker desire to automate and 3.89/5 for AI capability today (Stanford WORKBank, 1-5 scale).
- The Database Administrators role (O*NET SOC 15-1242.00) has a median U.S. wage of $107,440 and about 73,180 people employed (U.S. O*NET / BLS).
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What workers told Stanford
Of the 6 tasks studied for Database Administrators, 1 (17%) are in the Automation Green Light zone, AI can largely do them and workers want it. Across all tasks, workers rate 17% of their tasks 3 or higher out of 5 for wanting them automated. The typical task scores 2.42/5 for worker desire and 3.89/5 for AI capability.
All 6 tasks, most-wanted first
Test programs or databases, correct errors, and make necessary modifications.
Green Lightwant 3.25 · AI 4Review workflow charts developed by programmer analyst to understand tasks computer will perform, such as updating records.
Red Lightwant 2.57 · AI 4Specify users and user access levels for each segment of database.
Red Lightwant 2.5 · AI 4Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.
Low Prioritywant 2.33 · AI 2.33Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct programmers and analysts to make changes.
Red Lightwant 2.17 · AI 4.5Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system, or direct others in coding descriptions.
Red Lightwant 1.67 · AI 4.5
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Other Computer and Mathematical roles in the Stanford WORKBank study, closest AI-capability share first.
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- Web AdministratorsAI can do 91% of tasks today · workers want 91% automated
- Computer ProgrammersAI can do 73% of tasks today · workers want 55% automated
- Computer User Support SpecialistsAI can do 71% of tasks today · workers want 43% automated
- StatisticiansAI can do 67% of tasks today · workers want 83% automated
Lower-automation alternatives
Less of these jobs is automatable today: AI experts rate a smaller share of their tasks as doable than the 83% for Database Administrators (Stanford WORKBank).
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