Also called: Bioinformatician
Writes code to make sense of huge biological datasets—genomes, proteins, and cell measurements.
Builds a pipeline that processes DNA from 5,000 cancer patients, then hunts for mutations shared by people who responded to a drug. Explains the results to lab biologists in plain terms.
Industry estimate; BLS groups under biological scientists, all other.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Doctorate (PhD), about 10 years after high school. Master's or PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, or computer science with biology.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Biology.
Growing much faster than average (about 8% over 10 years). Estimate; data-heavy biology is booming.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI agents now write and run standard pipelines; fewer coders needed, while choosing questions and explaining biology stay human.
Classes: AP Computer Science, AP Biology, AP Statistics, AP Calculus.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-1029.
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