Data Scientists
The short answer
This job is expected to meaningfully change. AI can already assist with or automate many of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 2,237 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the most exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. That doesn't mean the job goes away—it means more of its tasks are the kind AI can help with.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with more than half of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the most exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.
AI can help with or automate nearly every task in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Generate standard or custom reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data for review by executives, managers, clients, and other stakeholders.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Design and validate clinical databases, including designing or testing logic checks.
AI could do much of this on its own
Process clinical data, including receipt, entry, verification, or filing of information.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Maintain or update business intelligence tools, databases, dashboards, systems, or methods.
AI could do much of this on its own
Generate data queries, based on validation checks or errors and omissions identified during data entry, to resolve identified problems.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Jobs you could switch to
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Statisticians
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What the move takes
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Skills you already have
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New skills to build
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Skills you already have
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New skills to build
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Skills you already have
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Skills you already have
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New skills to build
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Skills you already have
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New skills to build
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