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WHAT EXACTLY IS A DBA? - How many jobs are there

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WHAT EXACTLY IS A DBA? - How many jobs are there?

There were about 110,000 database administrators in 2002. They are part of the total of 979,000 computer systems analysts, database administrators, and computer scientists. About 89,000 of all computer systems analysts, database administrators, and computer scientists were self-employed.
Computer systems analysts, database administrators, and computer scientists work in every sector of the economy. The largest number is in the computer systems design and related services industry. Many work for Internet service providers, web search portals, and data-processing, hosting, and related services firms.
More and more, these workers work on a temporary or contract basis. Such jobs may last months or years.

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