Piotr Trochowski gave Hamburg the lead after 29 minutes but substitute Benedikt Howedes equalised for Schalke shortly after half-time.
Martin Jol's side remain undefeated at home this season in improving to 17 points, one point ahead of Hoffenheim.
Jol's Dutch compatriot Fred Rutten is still waiting for his side's first victory away from home this season, but the point moves them up to sixth on 13 points.
Hamburg enjoyed the better start and nearly went ahead after five minutes but Schalke keeper Manuel Neuer got a hand on Ivica Olic's header to push it over the crossbar.
At the other end, Hamburg keeper Frank Rost was forced to bat away a fine shot by Halil Altintop two minutes later.
The hosts continued to pressurise but Olic was just off target in the 10th minute and Jose Paolo Guerrero failed to convert a fine chance six minutes later.
The pressure told just short of the half-hour mark when David Jarolim released Trochowski who ran on to the ball and hit a first-time shot into the far left corner.
Schalke equalised just three minutes after the break, though, when Jefferson Farfan sent a high free-kick into the area where Howedes out-leapt Thimothee Atouba and headed home from 13 yards.
Hamburg almost immediately broke down the other end but Jonathan Pitroipa's strike from 16 yards flew into the side-netting, and Mladen Petric wasted a glorious opportunity in the 64th minute when he struck the right post from just three yards out.
Trochowski could have grabbed all three points for the hosts with two minutes remaining but Neuer was equal to his shot.
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