Occupations/15-2099.01
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.
Usually a four-year bachelor’s degree.
AI automation risk
80%
Higher automation risk
Human characteristics
23%
Fewer uniquely human demands
Task orientation
59%
Mixed exposure
A day in this job
- Mostly routine
Analyze or manipulate bioinformatics data using software packages, statistical applications, or data mining techniques.
- Mostly routine
Develop or maintain applications that process biologically based data into searchable databases for purposes of analysis, calculation, or presentation.
- Task
Extend existing software programs, web-based interactive tools, or database queries as sequence management and analysis needs evolve.
The tasks we can read here lean routine. That sits next to the AI risk rank — it is not a forecast that the job disappears.
Core tasks
- 01Analyze or manipulate bioinformatics data using software packages, statistical applications, or data mining techniques.
- 02Extend existing software programs, web-based interactive tools, or database queries as sequence management and analysis needs evolve.
- 03Maintain awareness of new and emerging computational methods and technologies.
- 04Conduct quality analyses of data inputs and resulting analyses or predictions.
- 05Enter or retrieve information from structural databases, protein sequence motif databases, mutation databases, genomic databases or gene expression databases.
- 06Develop or maintain applications that process biologically based data into searchable databases for purposes of analysis, calculation, or presentation.
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks3.13
- Degree of automation2.94
- Time sitting4.71
- Originality (ability)3.00
- Conflict situations2.00
- Hands-on objects/tools2.19
- Outdoors / weather1.15
- Disease exposure1.42
- Decision freedom4.06
Top abilities
- Written Comprehension4.00
- Oral Comprehension3.75
- Inductive Reasoning3.75
- Deductive Reasoning3.75
- Written Expression3.62
- Mathematical Reasoning3.62
- Information Ordering3.62
- Selective Attention3.50
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension3.75
- Active Listening3.50
- Writing3.50
- Speaking3.38
- Mathematics3.38
- Science3.12
- Critical Thinking3.50
- Active Learning3.50
- Learning Strategies2.75
- Monitoring3.25
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
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Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.
| Institution | Program | Tuition | Admit | Grad 6-yr | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY · Private nonprofit | Computational Biology 26.1104 | $68,200 | 4% | 96% | 1 yr $144,240 2 yr $100,075 Master's · CIP 26.11 |
Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ · Public | Computational Biology 26.1104 | $12,000 | 90% | 69% | 1 yr $84,653 2 yr — Master's · CIP 26.11 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit | Computational Biology 26.1104 | $60,100 | 4% | 96% | 1 yr $81,659 2 yr — Master's · CIP 26.11 |
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA · Public | Computational Biology 26.1104 | $11,800 | 17% | 91% | 1 yr $80,391 2 yr — Master's · CIP 26.11 |
Boston University Boston, MA · Private nonprofit | Computational Biology 26.1104 | $65,200 | 14% | 89% | 1 yr $73,949 2 yr $64,281 Master's · CIP 26.11 |
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College Chicago, IL · Public | Computational Biology 26.1104 | $4,600 | 100% | 27% | 1 yr — 2 yr $71,575 Master's · CIP 26.11 |
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI · Public | Computational Biology 26.1104 | $17,700 | 18% | 93% | 1 yr $69,338 2 yr $78,343 Master's · CIP 26.11 |
Howard University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | Computational Biology 26.1104 | $33,200 | 53% | 65% | 1 yr — 2 yr $65,053 Master's · CIP 26.11 |
Normandale Community College Bloomington, MN · Public | Mathematics, General 27.0101 | $6,100 | 100% | 32% | 1 yr $63,005 2 yr $47,260 Bachelor's · CIP 27.01 |
Northeastern University Boston, MA · Private nonprofit | Mathematics, General 27.0101 | $63,200 | 7% | 91% | 1 yr $61,814 2 yr $70,596 Bachelor's · CIP 27.01 |
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN · Public | Mathematics, General 27.0101 | $16,108 | 75% | 81% | 1 yr $60,094 2 yr $57,318 Bachelor's · CIP 27.01 |
Macalester College St. Paul, MN · Private nonprofit | Mathematics, General 27.0101 | $64,700 | 28% | 92% | 1 yr $57,318 2 yr $52,107 Bachelor's · CIP 27.01 |