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This question is about database administrator demographics.
38.9% of database administrators are female in the United States. This is 0.6 percentage points higher than last year. Additionally, the percentage of female database administrators has decreased by -6.2 percentage points since 2010. That means there are a total of 36,437 female database administrators in the U.S. and 57,232 male database administrators in the United States. Note that Zippia's estimate accounts only for the 93,669 people with the specific job title of database administrator and doesn't include grouping similar job titles, or people with potentially similar credentialing.
| Year | Female Database Administrators | Male Database Administrators | Percentage Female Database Administrators | Percentage Male Database Administrators | |
| 2019 | 361 | 568 | 38.9% | 61.1% | |
| 2018 | 337 | 544 | 38.3% | 61.7% | |
| 2017 | 362 | 493 | 42.3% | 57.7% | |
| 2016 | 369 | 474 | 43.7% | 56.3% | |
| 2015 | 356 | 502 | 41.5% | 58.5% | |
| 2014 | 362 | 495 | 42.2% | 57.8% | |
| 2013 | 388 | 477 | 44.9% | 55.1% | |
| 2012 | 306 | 462 | 39.9% | 60.1% | |
| 2011 | 327 | 386 | 45.9% | 54.1% | |
| 2010 | 358 | 437 | 45.1% | 54.9% |

Additionally, female database administrators tend to be older than male database administrators. The average age of a female database administrator is 46.4, while the average age of a male database administrator is 45.3.
While the majority of U.S. database administrators are male in 2022, there are still some occupations where females dominate. For example, 81% of informatics nurse specialist are female. On the other hand, some database administrator jobs are dominated by males. 93% of senior windows engineer, for instance, are male.
Like most jobs, there's a gender pay gap among database administrators. The average male database administrator earns an average annual salary of $88,515, while the average female database administrator earns an average annual income of $78,649, meaning female database administrators make 89 cents for every dollar a man earns.
Are database administrators jobs male or female dominated?
Database Administrator jobs are male dominated. 38.9% of database administrators are female and 61.1% of database administrators are male in the United States.
How has the number of female database administrators changed over time?
The number of female database administrators has decreased by -6.2% since 2010. In 2010, there were 45.1% female database administrators and the latest data shows that there are 38.9% female database administrators in the U.S.

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