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.
$81,490 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
of the working time. Estimate.
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Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 12%. Today's estimate: 17%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 19 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Develop or maintain applications that process biologically based data into searchable databases for purposes of analysis, calculation, or presentation.Done several times a day by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 23% | 2.1 work days3.3 h to 1.7 work weeks | 1%Half by Sep 2028 | |
| Analyze or manipulate bioinformatics data using software packages, statistical applications, or data mining techniques.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 13% | 3.3 h1.3 h to 1.7 work days | 27%Half by Mar 2027 | |
| Extend existing software programs, web-based interactive tools, or database queries as sequence management and analysis needs evolve.Done more than monthly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 11% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 3.3 work days | 7%Half by Nov 2027 | |
| Design or implement web-based tools for querying large-scale biological databases.Done more than weekly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 9% | 4.2 work days6.7 h to 3.3 work weeks | 0%Half by Apr 2029 | |
| Develop or apply data mining and machine learning algorithms.Done more than monthly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 8% | 2.1 work days3.3 h to 1.7 work weeks | 1%Half by Sep 2028 | |
| Participate in the preparation of reports or scientific publications.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 7% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | 9%Half by Jul 2027 | |
| Write computer programs or scripts to be used in querying databases.Done more than weekly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 5% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | 46%Half by Oct 2026 | |
| Create data management or error-checking procedures and user manuals.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 4% | 5 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 15%Half by Jun 2027 | |
| Test new or updated software or tools and provide feedback to developers.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 3% | 2.5 h50 min to 1 work day | 40%Half by Dec 2026 | |
| Enter or retrieve information from structural databases, protein sequence motif databases, mutation databases, genomic databases or gene expression databases.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 2% | 50 min13 min to 3.3 h | 69%Half by now | |
| Conduct quality analyses of data inputs and resulting analyses or predictions.Done more than monthly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 2% | 1.7 h50 min to 6.7 h | 65%Half by now | |
| Perform routine system administrative functions, such as troubleshooting, back-ups, or upgrades.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 2% | 1.3 h25 min to 4.2 h | 69%Half by now |
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