Also called: Research Data Manager
Helps researchers organize, store, and share their data so it can be reused.
You help a professor prepare a decade of climate data for public release and teach grad students how to manage their files.
Estimate based on BLS librarians.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's in library and information science (MLIS).
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Library and Information Science, Data Science.
Growing about average. Steady.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI auto-tags and organizes research data, but guiding scientists on data rules and sharing stays human.
Classes: AP Statistics, Computer applications, English.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-4022.
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