Bioinformatics Technicians

Government & Public Administration · Planning

Bright outlookJob zone 4: considerable preparationO*NET 15-2099.01

Pay and outlook shown for

median pay per year, Texas (no San Antonio figure is published for this career)

$93k10th$93kMedian$130k90th

New workers start near $93,090; experienced workers reach $130,430

Job outlook

U.S. projection, 2024 to 2034.

Employment change: +4%; nationwide
Openings a year: 300; nationwide, from growth and people leaving
Employed in 2024: 5,000; nationwide

Typical entry education: Bachelor's degree

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Skills this career uses

The skills O*NET rates most important for the job, with how much of each the work needs on a 1 to 7 scale.

Reading Comprehension4.3
Active Learning3.9
Writing3.8
Critical Thinking3.8
Active Listening3.6
Judgment and Decision Making3.5
Complex Problem Solving3.4
Mathematics3.9

What the work is

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.

Develop or maintain applications that process biologically based data into searchable databases for purposes of analysis, calculation, or presentation.
Enter or retrieve information from structural databases, protein sequence motif databases, mutation databases, genomic databases or gene expression databases.
Analyze or manipulate bioinformatics data using software packages, statistical applications, or data mining techniques.
Confer with researchers, clinicians, or information technology staff to determine data needs and programming requirements and to provide assistance with database-related research activities.
Create data management or error-checking procedures and user manuals.
Document all database changes, modifications, or problems.

Education people in this job have

Share of workers by highest education, from O*NET surveys. It shows what others did, not what you must do.

Bachelor's degree53%
Master's degree41%
Doctoral or professional6%

Job zone 4, considerable preparation: Usually a bachelor's degree, sometimes a strong associate plus experience.

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