Data Scientists Career

The role of Data Scientists is to develop and implement a set of techniques or analytics applications to transform raw data into meaningful information using data-oriented programming languages and visualization software.

The average annual wage of the occupations is $119,040 and $57 per hour. 29 vocational programs could be taken for the Data Scientists career. Based on BLS data, a total of 192,710 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Data Scientists is $21,752. The average length of the programs is 713 hours and the average completion time is 13.94 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Data Scientists Career

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Data Scientists
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Artificial Intelligence	13	$17,995	$4,700	-	-
Information Technology	266	$25,509	$1,581	1,147 Hours	11.83 Months
Computer Science	63	$33,606	-	92 Hours	18.00 Months
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration	71	$30,772	-	900 Hours	12.00 Months
Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation	14	$34,467	-	-	-
Bioinformatics	4	$36,876	-	-	-
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology (other)	1	$45,384	-	-	-
Mathematics	25	$32,944	-	-	-
Applied Mathematics	9	$36,482	-	-	-
Computational Mathematics	3	$45,150	-	-	-
Computational and Applied Mathematics	3	$33,365	-	-	-
Financial Mathematics	2	$39,555	-	-	-
Applied Mathematics (other)	1	$39,444	-	-	-
Statistics	7	$37,010	-	-	-
Mathematics and Statistics	3	$40,516	-	-	-
Applied Statistics, General	1	$39,924	-	-	-
Mathematics and Statistics (other)	6	$43,115	-	-	-
Mathematics and Computer Science	4	$41,678	-	-	-
Computational Science	8	$34,280	-	-	-
Data Science, General	14	$37,974	-	-	-
Data Science, Other	2	-	-	-	-
Data Analytics, General	21	$34,444	-	-	-
Business Analytics	15	$32,151	-	-	-
Data Visualization	2	$41,913	-	-	-
Financial Analytics	2	$43,127	-	-	-
Data Analytics, Other	2	$39,720	-	-	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	1	$49,516	-	-	-
Management Science	46	$34,252	-	-	-
Business Statistics	15	$38,546	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Data Scientists Career

The following 31 occupations are related to Data Scientists.

Related Occupations toData Scientists
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Marketing Managers	369K	$166,410	$80
Sales Managers	576K	$157,610	$76
Medical and Health Services Managers	515K	$134,440	$65
Natural Sciences Managers	96,520	$169,120	$81
Compliance Officers	384K	$80,190	$39
Logisticians	228K	$84,640	$41
Project Management Specialists	948K	$104,920	$50
Management Analysts	838K	$115,530	$56
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	846K	$83,190	$40
Financial and Investment Analysts	325K	$112,950	$54
Financial Risk Specialists	55,290	$118,950	$57
Financial Specialists, All Other	123K	$89,650	$43
Computer Systems Analysts	499K	$110,800	$53
Computer and Information Research Scientists	35,210	$157,160	$76
Database Administrators	76,140	$104,810	$50
Database Architects	59,920	$137,030	$66
Software Developers	1,657K	$138,110	$66
Computer Occupations, All Other	437K	$112,430	$54
Mathematicians	2,220	$119,770	$58
Operations Research Analysts	118K	$95,600	$46
Statisticians	29,950	$109,190	$53
Data Scientists	193K	$119,040	$57
Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other	4,320	$83,330	$40
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	19,320	$106,700	$51
Biological Scientists, All Other	61,220	$99,060	$48
Survey Researchers	8,190	$66,670	$32
Social Science Research Assistants	30,890	$62,370	$30
Medical Records Specialists	186K	$53,690	$26
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	34,430	$70,260	$34
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	1,142K	$81,080	$39
Statistical Assistants	7,200	$53,900	$26

Vocational Programs for Data Scientists Career

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$119,040

Vocational Programs to Prepare Data Scientists Career

Related Occupations to Data Scientists Career