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Data Scientists

SOC 15-2051 · 2024-2034

Develop and implement a set of techniques or analytics applications to transform raw data into meaningful information using data-oriented programming languages and visualization software. Apply data mining, data modeling, natural language processing, and machine learning to extract and analyze information from large structured and unstructured datasets. Visualize, interpret, and report data findings. May create dynamic data reports.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California
$145,554per year
Projected openings
40,180
Projected change
+37.1%
Usually needs
Bachelor's degree

Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth

The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$177,8664,800
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$174,3666,180
San Rafael MD (Marin County)$154,500180
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$153,8122,730
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$132,876440
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$130,6572,840
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$129,6997,300
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)$128,65450
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$123,9003,000
Vallejo MSA (Solano County)$121,39270
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$119,646110
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$116,472210
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)$116,297100
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)$114,582110
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$108,460910
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$101,1362,710
Napa MSA (Napa County)$96,72930
Redding MSA (Shasta County)$96,72940
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$93,843210
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)$92,117190
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties)$86,99240
Visalia MSA (Tulare County)$85,92350
Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County)$85,04070
Chico MSA (Butte County)$82,35940
North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)Not reported30

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains forTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Statisticians$139,7661,860+15.4%
Financial Specialists, All Other$82,16611,860+6.7%
Operations Research Analysts$104,9589,630+22.5%
Biological Scientists, All Other$116,70810,850+9.7%

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