As of June 2026, Bioinformatics Technicians has an AI-exposure score of 73/100 (Very High exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
Bioinformatics Technicians
More exposed than 94% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$81,490. About 300 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
How you compare to similar Computer & Mathematical roles
Your tasks, by AI exposure
- Enter or retrieve information from structural databases, protein sequence motif databases, mutation databases, genomic databases or gene expression databases.
- Package bioinformatics data for submission to public repositories.
- Develop or maintain applications that process biologically based data into searchable databases for purposes of analysis, calculation, or presentation.
- Analyze or manipulate bioinformatics data using software packages, statistical applications, or data mining techniques.
- Maintain awareness of new and emerging computational methods and technologies.
- Train bioinformatics staff or researchers in the use of databases.
- Participate in the preparation of reports or scientific publications.
- Develop or apply data mining and machine learning algorithms.
- Create data management or error-checking procedures and user manuals.
- Extend existing software programs, web-based interactive tools, or database queries as sequence management and analysis needs evolve.
- Test new or updated software or tools and provide feedback to developers.
- Write computer programs or scripts to be used in querying databases.
- Perform routine system administrative functions, such as troubleshooting, back-ups, or upgrades.
- Conduct quality analyses of data inputs and resulting analyses or predictions.
- Monitor database performance and perform any necessary maintenance, upgrades, or repairs.
- Confer with researchers, clinicians, or information technology staff to determine data needs and programming requirements and to provide assistance with database-related research activities.
- Document all database changes, modifications, or problems.
- Design or implement web-based tools for querying large-scale biological databases.
- Confer with database users about project timelines and changes.
No augmentable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as automatable (100%).
No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as automatable (100%).
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