Database modeler vs data administrator

The differences between database modelers 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 modeler and a data administrator. Additionally, a database modeler has an average salary of $81,899, which is higher than the $80,072 average annual salary of a data administrator.

The top three skills for a database modeler include SAS, visual database and data warehouse. The most important skills for a data administrator are data management, java, and profiling.

Database modeler vs data administrator overview

	Database Modeler	Data Administrator
Yearly salary	$81,899	$80,072
Hourly rate	$39.37	$38.50
Growth rate	9%	9%
Number of jobs	10,950	124,537
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Master's Degree, 42%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	4	4

Database modeler vs data administrator salary

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

	Database Modeler	Data Administrator
Average salary	$81,899	$80,072
Salary range	Between $61,000 And $108,000	Between $53,000 And $119,000
Highest paying City	-	Richmond, CA
Highest paying state	-	Louisiana
Best paying company	-	Southern California Edison
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between database modeler and data administrator education

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

	Database Modeler	Data Administrator
Most common degree	Master's Degree, 42%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Most common major	Computer Science	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	Stanford University

Database modeler vs data administrator demographics

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

	Database Modeler	Data Administrator
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 77.3% Female, 22.7%	Male, 41.9% Female, 58.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.7% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 7.2% Asian, 19.0% White, 63.7% 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 modeler and data administrator duties and responsibilities

Database modeler example responsibilities.

Involve in data governance processes relate to data quality and information management, managing the metadata repository etc.
Develop and implement many cluster monitoring scripts using linux shell scripting.
Analyze functional and non-functional data elements for data profiling and mapping from source to target data environment.
Assist other data analysts and research scientists with data manipulation, presentations/big data visualization, information tracking, and projects.
Provide system analysts with coding standards and capabilities of RDBMS.
Streamline and reorganize the department's SharePoint's file repository enabling team members to locate procedural documents effortlessly.

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 modeler vs data administrator skills

Common database modeler skills

SAS, 48%
Visual Database, 21%
Data Warehouse, 12%
Dimensional Data, 10%
Logical Data Model, 10%

Common data administrator skills

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