Clinical Data Managers
Apply knowledge of health care and database management to analyze clinical data, and to identify and report trends.
$120,230 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 . 21 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design and validate clinical databases, including designing or testing logic checks.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 19% | 2.1 work days6.7 h to 4.2 work days | 0%Half by Jan 2028 | |
| Develop project-specific data management plans that address areas such as coding, reporting, or transfer of data, database locks, and work flow processes.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 9% | 2.5 work days6.7 h to 1 work week | 0%Half by Mar 2028 | |
| Contribute to the compilation, organization, and production of protocols, clinical study reports, regulatory submissions, or other controlled documentation.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 8% | 1 work day2.5 h to 3.1 work days | 5%Half by Oct 2027 | |
| Supervise the work of data management project staff.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 3.3 h50 min to 1.3 work days | Stays with people | |
| Process clinical data, including receipt, entry, verification, or filing of information.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 7% | 1.7 h25 min to 5 h | 51%Half by now | |
| Monitor work productivity or quality to ensure compliance with standard operating procedures.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | 46%Half by Oct 2026 | |
| Evaluate processes and technologies, and suggest revisions to increase productivity and efficiency.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 6% | 6.7 h2.5 h to 2.5 work days | 9%Half by Jul 2027 | |
| Prepare data analysis listings and activity, performance, or progress reports.Done more than monthly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 5% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | 17%Half by Apr 2027 | |
| Develop technical specifications for data management programming and communicate needs to information technology staff.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 5% | 6.7 h2.5 h to 2.5 work days | 9%Half by Jul 2027 | |
| Design forms for receiving, processing, or tracking data.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 4% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 9%Half by Aug 2027 | |
| Analyze clinical data using appropriate statistical tools.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 4% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | 8%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Develop or select specific software programs for various research scenarios.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 4% | 4.2 work days6.7 h to 2.5 work weeks | 0%Half by Jan 2029 |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
Where this job works
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Where the most of these jobs are
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