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Clinical Data Managers

Apply knowledge of health care and database management to analyze clinical data, and to identify and report trends.

$108,020
Median Pay
4-6 years
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AI Resilience Score

Score 4/6: low AI task exposure means AI will assist but humans remain essential (estimated from legacy data)

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How we calculated this:

AI Exposure
Low+2

22% of tasks can be accelerated by AI

Job Growth
Stable+1

0% projected (2024-2034)

Human Advantage
Moderate+1

EPOCH score: 15/25

Total Score4/6
Methodology: v2.0 - GPTs are GPTs / BLS / EPOCH Additive ScoringUpdated: 2026-01-09
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Key Responsibilities

  • Design and validate clinical databases, including designing or testing logic checks.
  • Process clinical data, including receipt, entry, verification, or filing of information.
  • Generate data queries, based on validation checks or errors and omissions identified during data entry, to resolve identified problems.
  • Develop project-specific data management plans that address areas such as coding, reporting, or transfer of data, database locks, and work flow processes.
  • Monitor work productivity or quality to ensure compliance with standard operating procedures.
  • Prepare appropriate formatting to data sets as requested.
  • Design forms for receiving, processing, or tracking data.
  • Prepare data analysis listings and activity, performance, or progress reports.
  • Confer with end users to define or implement clinical system requirements such as data release formats, delivery schedules, and testing protocols.
  • Perform quality control audits to ensure accuracy, completeness, or proper usage of clinical systems and data.

Education & Training

Typical Entry Education

Bachelor's degree

Time to Job Ready

4-6 years

Based on Job Zone 4. For formal education duration only, see education_duration.

Technology Skills

SASSQLElectronic data capture (EDC) systemsClinical trial management softwareMicrosoft ExcelEpic/EHR systems

Key Abilities

Deductive ReasoningInformation OrderingOral ComprehensionWritten ComprehensionOral ExpressionWritten ExpressionProblem SensitivityInductive ReasoningNear VisionSpeech Recognition

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Compensation Details

$61,070
10th Percentile
$108,020
Median
$184,090
90th Percentile

Based on 192,710 employed workers

Also Known As

Application CoordinatorClinical Applications DirectorClinical Biostatistics DirectorClinical Data AbstractorClinical Data AnalystClinical Data CoordinatorClinical Data Management Director (CDM Director)Clinical Data Management Manager (CDM Manager)Clinical Data ManagerClinical Informatics Manager

Data from O*NET 30.1 and BLS Occupational Employment Statistics

O*NET Code: 15-2051.02