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Bioinformatics Technicians

Apply principles and methods of bioinformatics to assist scientists in areas such as pharmaceuticals, medical technology, biotechnology, computational biology, proteomics, computer information science, biology and medical informatics. Apply bioinformatics tools to visualize, analyze, manipulate or interpret molecular data. May build and maintain databases for processing and analyzing genomic or other biological information.

82 AI exposure
21 Human advantage
55 Market demand
55 AI leverage

Is Bioinformatics Technicians a safe career from AI?

Bioinformatics Technicians scores 82 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 21, 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 55 out of 100, combining how many of these jobs exist with where that number is heading. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment growing 7.1% over ten years.

What Bioinformatics Technicians pay

The median wage is $71,490 a year. The lower quarter earns under $52,440 and the upper quarter over $101,920. About 4,660 people do this work in the United States.

Where Bioinformatics Technicians can go next

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

Computer and Information Research Scientists 86% of the skills carry over $141k median
Software Developers 88% of the skills carry over $133k median
Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers 77% of the skills carry over $168k median
Medical Dosimetrists 84% of the skills carry over $138k 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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