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Clinical Data Managers

Median Salary
108,020
Job Outlook
+36%
In-Demand

Overview

What are the responsibilities of this role?

Apply knowledge of health care and database management to analyze clinical data, and to identify and report trends.

What is the job outlook?

Employment of data scientists is projected to grow 36 percent from 2023 to 2033, much faster than the average for all occupations. About 20,800 openings for data scientists are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.

Compensation

What is the typical salary range?

$62,600

10%

$108,020

Median

$138,780

90%

How does location impact how much salary?

Education

What level of education do professionals in this role have?

Education Level

  • Bachelor's degree

    85%

  • Master's degree

    5%

  • Associate's degree

    5%

  • Post baccalaureate

    5%

Which college majors best prepare you for this role?

  • Mathematics, General
  • Bioinformatics
  • Management Science
  • Computer Science
  • Applied Statistics, General
  • Data Science, General
  • Business Analytics
  • Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
  • Business Statistics
  • Information Technology
  • Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration
  • Applied Mathematics, General
  • Statistics, General
  • Financial Mathematics
  • Mathematics and Statistics
  • Computational Mathematics
  • Computational and Applied Mathematics
  • Applied Mathematics, Other
  • Data Analytics, General
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computational Science
  • Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation
  • Data Analytics, Other
  • Mathematics and Computer Science
  • Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Other
  • Data Science, Other
  • Mathematical Statistics and Probability
  • Computational Biology
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Financial Analytics
  • Economics and Computer Science
  • Linguistics and Computer Science
  • Cheminformatics/Chemistry Informatics
  • Data Visualization
  • Mathematical Biology

Skills and Interest

What knowledge should you bring to the table?

  • Computers and Electronics
  • English Language
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Education and Training
  • Mathematics

What personality traits help people thrive in this role?

Conventional

You like structure, staying organized, and working with systems to get things done efficiently.

Investigative

You love figuring out how things work and researching subjects that interest you.

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Data supplied by Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Center of Education Statistics, Defense Manpower Data Center (View our update schedule). Contact any business, college or military service branch to answer additional questions.