Database administrators job market in Colorado

In short

In QCEW 2026 Q1, industries that employ Database administrators in Colorado had -0.6% year-over-year employment change, compared with +0.2% nationally. Establishments changed +5.8%. Average weekly wages in those industries changed +5.8%.

QCEW measures employment, wages and establishments by industry. These figures weight those industry conditions by this occupation’s published industry mix, so they are not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.

-0.6%Industry employmentU.S. +0.2%
+5.8%EstablishmentsU.S. +2.9%
+5.8%Avg. weekly industry wageU.S. +4.0%
146,208Represented establishmentsIndustries covering 83.2% of occupation employment

Industry employment change over time

Year-over-year change for the industries that employ Database administrators in Colorado

Every published quarter

Quarterly year-over-year industry employment change for Database administrators in Colorado
QuarterColoradoUnited States
2024 Q2+0.1%Not published
2024 Q3+0.6%Not published
2024 Q4-0.4%Not published
2025 Q1+0.3%Not published
2025 Q2-0.0%Not published
2025 Q3-0.0%Not published
2025 Q4-0.1%Not published
2026 Q1-0.6%Not published

Industry mix behind this view

Which industries are weighted into this view. Not a ranking of employers or of job quality.

Industries weighted into the local context for Database administrators in Colorado
Industry groupShare of occupation employmentLocal employment changeEstablishmentsAvg. weekly wage
Professional and business services35.7%-2.1%77,540$2,652
Private education and health services17.2%+4.5%30,440$1,293
Financial activities13.3%-0.8%29,280$3,159
State and local9.2%-0.6%2,470$1,415
Information7.9%-2.0%6,478$3,838
Other services5.7%-3.0%19,405$1,158
QCEW release
QCEW 2026 Q1
Release date
Jan 1, 2026
Industry mix vintage
EP-2025-2035

QCEW describes the industries that employ this occupation, not the occupation itself. It is not a count of job openings and is not part of the 0-100 Job Market Health score.

How to read this page

QCEW measures employment and wages by industry, not by occupation. We weight those industry conditions using the published industry mix for Database administrators. These figures describe the industries that employ Database administrators; they are not direct counts of people working in the occupation or of jobs currently open. This page is not part of the national 0 to 100 Job Market Health score.

Source: BLS QCEW. See the methodology, the national Database administrators report and about the data.