Database administration associate vs data administrator

The differences between database administration associates and data administrators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a database administration associate and a data administrator. Additionally, a database administration associate has an average salary of $82,597, which is higher than the $80,072 average annual salary of a data administrator.

The top three skills for a database administration associate include sql server, database administration and java. The most important skills for a data administrator are data management, java, and profiling.

Database administration associate vs data administrator overview

	Database Administration Associate	Data Administrator
Yearly salary	$82,597	$80,072
Hourly rate	$39.71	$38.50
Growth rate	9%	9%
Number of jobs	13,436	124,537
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	4	4

Database administration associate vs data administrator salary

Database administration associates and data administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Database Administration Associate	Data Administrator
Average salary	$82,597	$80,072
Salary range	Between $59,000 And $115,000	Between $53,000 And $119,000
Highest paying City	New York, NY	Richmond, CA
Highest paying state	New York	Louisiana
Best paying company	Bristol-Myers Squibb	Southern California Edison
Best paying industry	Finance	Finance

Differences between database administration associate and data administrator education

There are a few differences between a database administration associate and a data administrator in terms of educational background:

	Database Administration Associate	Data Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Database administration associate vs data administrator demographics

Here are the differences between database administration associates' and data administrators' demographics:

	Database Administration Associate	Data Administrator
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 50.5% Female, 49.5%	Male, 41.9% Female, 58.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.0% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 9.2% Asian, 20.8% White, 56.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 8.0% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 9.2% Asian, 17.7% White, 59.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between database administration associate and data administrator duties and responsibilities

Database administration associate example responsibilities.

Provide administrative support to sales department by generating new sales leads using Salesforce.
Perform initial scoping, manage both internal and external resources and design infrastructure.
Provide database support utilizing Unix, SQL Sybase and windows client-server applications.
Initiate / created/schedule the OEM events/jobs for all database monitoring tasks.
Monitor, track, and enter changes daily for each OEM as provided.
Develop JAVA and C++ code used to convert data in files for use on the database.

Data administrator example responsibilities.

Manage the LDAP requests for user provision.
Manage replication & distribution servers, versioning dev & production servers.
Design and lead team efforts to reduce batch windows through application on new features.
Manage access to file shares, DFS shares, IIS servers and terminal services.
Integrate LDAP and setup security at multiple levels to achieve data security and object level security.
Install and set up the VMWare environment, managing the closing/building and allocation of all virtual servers.

Database administration associate vs data administrator skills

Common database administration associate skills

SQL Server, 17%
Database Administration, 9%
Java, 7%
Linux, 6%
DBA, 5%
Database Systems, 5%

Common data administrator skills

Data Management, 12%
Java, 11%
Profiling, 10%
DB2, 7%
Unix, 7%
Sybase, 6%

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