Also called: Biological Database Curator
Reads research papers and organizes the findings into databases scientists around the world rely on.
Reads ten papers about a fruit-fly gene, records what each found in a structured database, and corrects errors other scientists reported.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Doctorate (PhD), about 8 years after high school. Often a PhD or master's in biology; some bachelor's-level roles.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Biology, Genetics.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Estimate.
High risk for 10 years. AI now reads papers and fills structured databases; most curation becomes spot-checking by a much smaller staff.
Classes: AP Biology, English composition, Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-1029.
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