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Bioinformatics Scientists

Conduct research using bioinformatics theory and methods in areas such as pharmaceuticals, medical technology, biotechnology, computational biology, proteomics, computer information science, biology and medical informatics. May design databases and develop algorithms for processing and analyzing genomic information, or other biological information.

88 AI exposure
19 Human advantage
59 Market demand
57 AI leverage

Is Bioinformatics Scientists a safe career from AI?

Bioinformatics Scientists scores 88 out of 100 for AI exposure, which is high. A large share of this work is the kind current AI systems are measurably good at. That is not a prediction the job disappears, and the research does not support one. It means more of this role is likely to change than most.

Its human advantage score is 19, which is low. Most of this role can be done through a screen, and that is the half of the labor market AI has reached first. Market demand scores 59 out of 100, combining how many of these jobs exist with where that number is heading. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment roughly flat over ten years.

What Bioinformatics Scientists pay

The median wage is $93,330 a year. The lower quarter earns under $67,950 and the upper quarter over $121,350. About 59,710 people do this work in the United States.

Where Bioinformatics Scientists can go next

Occupations that share most of what this job already requires, ranked by how much carries over.

Computer and Information Research Scientists 87% of the skills carry over $141k median
Statisticians 87% of the skills carry over $103k median
General Internal Medicine Physicians 75% of the skills carry over $236k median
Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers 79% of the skills carry over $168k median

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Where this comes from

Work content and transitions from O*NET, the US Department of Labor's occupational database. Wages and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. AI exposure from published research measuring which occupations current AI capabilities overlap with. None of it is a forecast, and none of these numbers are ours: they are public data, put next to each other.

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