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Health Informatics Specialists

Apply knowledge of nursing and informatics to assist in the design, development, and ongoing modification of computerized health care systems. May educate staff and assist in problem solving to promote the implementation of the health care system.

92 AI exposure
24 Human advantage
67 Market demand
61 AI leverage

Is Health Informatics Specialists a safe career from AI?

Health Informatics Specialists scores 92 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 24, 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 67 out of 100, combining how many of these jobs exist with where that number is heading. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment growing 7.9% over ten years.

What Health Informatics Specialists pay

The median wage is $103,790 a year. The lower quarter earns under $80,900 and the upper quarter over $132,360. About 497,800 people do this work in the United States.

Where Health Informatics Specialists can go next

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

Computer and Information Systems Managers 91% of the skills carry over $171k median
Natural Sciences Managers 90% of the skills carry over $161k median
Architectural and Engineering Managers 88% of the skills carry over $168k median
Nurse Practitioners 88% of the skills carry over $129k 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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