Database administrators job market in Montana

This occupation is more concentrated in the state

Employment concentration provides a different comparison for database administrators in Montana. In OEWS May 2025, the published location quotient is 1.32, meaning the occupation's share of employment is 1.32 times its national share. The state estimate is 300 jobs, 0.4% of the national employment estimate for this occupation. It represents 0.59 jobs per thousand jobs in the state's OEWS employment universe. This measures existing employment concentration, not current hiring or future growth.

OEWS employment estimates describe covered wage-and-salary jobs and exclude self-employed workers; location quotients do not measure vacancies or worker demand.

Published median pay is below the U.S. median

OEWS May 2025 records a state median annual wage of $83,120 for database administrators in Montana. Against the national median of $104,620, that is 20.6% lower. A median describes the middle of the distribution and does not include a living-cost adjustment.

Professional and business services has the largest positive weighted contribution

The positive weighted contributions in Montana are concentrated in Professional and business services: it accounts for 59.5% across the leading industry groups examined in January to March 2026, with its own employment changing +1.8% year over year. The calculation weights industry groups by their shares of this occupation's national industry mix; the examined groups cover 88.4% of the mix. This describes an employment-growth proxy, not occupation jobs created.