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Clinical Data Manager

Clinical Data Manager profiles score highest on Organizing and Analyzing. This page covers what the work involves, what the trait profile looks like, what it pays, and where the fit tends to break.

Median pay
$120,230per year, U.S. BLS 2025
Entry education
Bachelor's degreetypical for the occupation
Outlook
BrightO*NET Bright Outlook occupation

SOURCE · O*NET 15-2051.02 and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Figures are national and vary widely by state and setting.

What the work involves

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

Skills rated most important

Critical Thinking75
Active Listening72
Reading Comprehension72
Speaking72
Writing69

Work context

Spend Time Sitting96
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled83
Contact With Others81
Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams78
Spend Time Standing11
Spend Time Walking or Running8
Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body5
Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling3
Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled1
Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance1
Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles0

O*NET importance and frequency ratings, 0–100.

The trait profile

Where Clinical Data Manager profiles sit on the eleven Haliscope traits, derived from O*NET’s published interest and work-style data.

Organizing91
Analyzing77
Safety-Seeking60
Exploring55
Law-Abiding54
Persevering53
Influencing38
Helping31
Harmonizing28
Creating7
Operating6

Who it fits, and who it doesn’t

Strong signals

  • High Organizing. Measures your preference for structure, detail, and systematic processes. High scorers excel at creating order, optimizing workflows, and maintaining precision.
  • High Law-Abiding. Measures your commitment to ethics, rules, and fairness. High scorers value honesty, follow procedures, and prefer environments with clear moral guidelines.
  • Moderate Persevering. Measures your persistence and resilience in the face of challenges. High scorers push through obstacles, maintain long-term focus, and value grit as both means and end.
  • Moderate Safety-Seeking. Measures your preference for stability and predictability. High scorers value security, prefer familiar environments, and carefully weigh risks before acting.
  • Moderate Analyzing. Measures your drive to understand systems and solve problems. High scorers are knowledge-seeking, strategic thinkers who enjoy investigating and finding solutions.

Friction points

  • Low Organizing. Measures your preference for structure, detail, and systematic processes. High scorers excel at creating order, optimizing workflows, and maintaining precision.
  • Low Law-Abiding. Measures your commitment to ethics, rules, and fairness. High scorers value honesty, follow procedures, and prefer environments with clear moral guidelines.

These are what the occupation’s profile says, not a hiring criterion. Haliscope is not validated for hiring or screening, and none of these is disqualifying — they are where a fit most often breaks.

Getting in

Entry education: Bachelor's degree.

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

O*NET Job Zone descriptions, U.S. Department of Labor.

Exposure to AI

How much of this work AI can already do, and how much AI tools help the people doing it, is scored task by task in the AI Risk Index.

Will AI replace Clinical Data Manager?

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