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AI exposure Computer and mathematical

Will AI replace database architects?

Database Architects. US occupation 15-1243.

57.9%

of the time database architects spend on their work goes on tasks where AI is already being used to do that work.of database architects' working hours go on tasks AI has already started taking off their plate.

Ranked 8 of 756 US occupations. More exposed than 98% of them.Further along than 98% of them.

Average US job 7.7%

One of the most exposed jobs in the country.Front of the queue for an AI assistant.

What AI already does for database architectsWhat database architects no longer do alone

O*NET lists 42 tasks for database architects. AI use at work shows up in 27 of them. Each score runs from 0.5, where every observed use helps a person with the task, to 1, where every use does the task outright.

  1. Perform system analysis, data analysis or programming, using a variety of computer languages and procedures.Core task mostly automated 0.99
  2. Test programs or databases, correct errors, and make necessary modifications.Core task mostly automated 0.98
  3. Implement business rules via stored procedures, middleware, or other technologies.Core task mostly automated 0.98
  4. Create or implement metadata processes and frameworks.Core task mostly automated 0.94
  5. Map data between source systems, data warehouses, and data marts.Core task mostly automated 0.94
  6. Write new programs or modify existing programs to meet customer requirements, using current programming languages and technologies.Core task mostly automated 0.93
  7. Plan and install upgrades of database management system software to enhance database performance.Core task mostly automated 0.92
  8. Develop and implement data extraction procedures from other systems, such as administration, billing, or claims.Core task mostly automated 0.91
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  1. Document and communicate database schemas, using accepted notations.Core task mostly automated 0.89
  2. Develop or maintain archived procedures, procedural codes, or queries for applications.Core task mostly automated 0.88
  3. Select methods, techniques, or criteria for data warehousing evaluative procedures.Core task mostly automated 0.88
  4. Design and implement warehouse database structures.Core task mostly automated 0.87
  5. Create supporting documentation, such as metadata and diagrams of entity relationships, business processes, and process flow.Core task mostly automated 0.87
  6. Provide or coordinate troubleshooting support for data warehouses.Core task mostly automated 0.85
  7. Develop data models for applications, metadata tables, views or related database structures.Core task automated and assisted 0.83
  8. Develop and document database architectures.Core task automated and assisted 0.83
  9. Design database applications, such as interfaces, data transfer mechanisms, global temporary tables, data partitions, and function-based indexes to enable efficient access of the generic database structure.Core task automated and assisted 0.82
  10. Develop or maintain standards, such as organization, structure, or nomenclature, for the design of data warehouse elements, such as data architectures, models, tools, and databases.Core task automated and assisted 0.82
  11. Design, implement, or operate comprehensive data warehouse systems to balance optimization of data access with batch loading and resource utilization factors, according to customer requirements.Core task automated and assisted 0.82
  12. Develop data warehouse process models, including sourcing, loading, transformation, and extraction.Core task automated and assisted 0.80
  13. Create and enforce database development standards.Core task automated and assisted 0.79
  14. Prepare functional or technical documentation for data warehouses.Core task automated and assisted 0.78
  15. Collaborate with system architects, software architects, design analysts, and others to understand business or industry requirements.Core task automated and assisted 0.77
  16. Develop database architectural strategies at the modeling, design and implementation stages to address business or industry requirements.Core task automated and assisted 0.74
  17. Demonstrate database technical functionality, such as performance, security and reliability.Core task automated and assisted 0.74
  18. Provide technical support to junior staff or clients.Core task automated and assisted 0.74
  19. Identify, evaluate and recommend hardware or software technologies to achieve desired database performance.Core task automated and assisted 0.73

What it does not touch, yetWhat still needs a human

15 of the 42 tasks show no AI use at work in the data.

  • Create plans, test files, and scripts for data warehouse testing, ranging from unit to integration testing.Core task
  • Design databases to support business applications, ensuring system scalability, security, performance, and reliability.Core task
  • Develop data model describing data elements and their use, following procedures and using pen, template or computer software.Core task
  • Develop load-balancing processes to eliminate down time for backup processes.Core task
  • Develop methods for integrating different products so they work properly together, such as customizing commercial databases to fit specific needs.Core task
  • Identify and correct deviations from database development standards.Core task
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  • Identify and evaluate industry trends in database systems to serve as a source of information and advice for upper management.Core task
  • Review designs, codes, test plans, or documentation to ensure quality.Core task
  • Review project requests describing database user needs to estimate time and cost required to accomplish project.Core task
  • Set up database clusters, backup, or recovery processes.Core task
  • Test software systems or applications for software enhancements or new products.Core task
  • Verify the structure, accuracy, or quality of warehouse data.Core task
  • Work as part of a project team to coordinate database development and determine project scope and limitations.Core task
  • Write and code logical and physical database descriptions, and specify identifiers of database to management system or direct others in coding descriptions.Core task
  • Train users and answer questions.

How that compares

Among the 21 computer and mathematical occupations, database architects rank 2. The group averages 37.9%, and its most exposed job is Computer Programmers at 74.5%. The average US occupation sits at 7.7%.

All 756 occupations, ranked

Just above in the ranking

  1. 5Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 64.8%
  2. 6Medical Transcriptionists 63.7%
  3. 7Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 62.8%

Just below

  1. 9Financial and Investment Analysts 57.2%
  2. 10Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 52.0%
  3. 11Statistical Assistants 51.0%

What this does and does not mean

Exposure is observed use, not a forecast. Anthropic maps work conversations with Claude onto the tasks O*NET lists for each job and asks, of the tasks AI could speed up, which are actually being used for at work. A use that does the task outright counts in full and a use that assists a person counts half. The task scores are averaged into the occupation figure by the share of time spent on each task.

A high figure means AI is already part of how this work gets done. It does not mean anyone has been replaced. Anthropic's own reading of the labour market finds no systematic rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting exposed jobs.No measurable rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting these jobs. Gap years for everyone. Labor market impacts, 5 March 2026.

Task list and titles from O*NET 31.0 by the US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. Scores from the Anthropic Economic Index (CC BY). Checked 1 November 2026. How the ranking works.