Also called: Data Technician
Helps research teams collect, organize, and back up their data.
Uploads files from lab instruments, renames and organizes thousands of datasets, and runs simple scripts to check for errors.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Associate or bachelor's; coding bootcamps can help.
Ways in: 2-year college, 4-year college, Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Information Technology, Biology.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Estimate.
High risk for 10 years. Moving, renaming and checking files is being automated by instruments and AI scripts; few such roles will remain.
Classes: Computer applications, Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-4061.
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