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Clinical Research Coordinator

Clinical Research Coordinator profiles score highest on Analyzing and Law-Abiding. 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
$167,220per year, U.S. BLS 2025
Entry education
Bachelor's degreetypical for the occupation

SOURCE · O*NET 11-9121.01 and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Figures are national and vary widely by state and setting.

What the work involves

Plan, direct, or coordinate clinical research projects. Direct the activities of workers engaged in clinical research projects to ensure compliance with protocols and overall clinical objectives. May evaluate and analyze clinical data.

Skills rated most important

Active Listening75
Reading Comprehension75
Writing75
Coordination72
Speaking72

Work context

Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams97
Contact With Others91
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled82
Spend Time Sitting67
Spend Time Standing39
Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance21
Spend Time Walking or Running21
Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body20
Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling17
Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled4
Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles0

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

The trait profile

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

Analyzing81
Law-Abiding68
Safety-Seeking67
Organizing63
Persevering63
Harmonizing57
Exploring56
Influencing55
Helping43
Creating14
Operating12

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 Analyzing. Measures your drive to understand systems and solve problems. High scorers are knowledge-seeking, strategic thinkers who enjoy investigating and finding solutions.
  • High Law-Abiding. Measures your commitment to ethics, rules, and fairness. High scorers value honesty, follow procedures, and prefer environments with clear moral guidelines.

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 Analyzing. Measures your drive to understand systems and solve problems. High scorers are knowledge-seeking, strategic thinkers who enjoy investigating and finding solutions.
  • 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.

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