Jobs / Data and analytics / 15-2099.01
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.
- US jobs
- 3,720 (SOC 15-2099 group, "Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other")
- Median wage
- $81,490 a year
- Job family
- Data and analytics
Can agents do the work of bioinformatics technicians?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Data and analytics: Some tasks (no change in 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: Spider 2.0, 96.7% of tasks completed.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark (figures for the SOC 15-2099 group).
- 24%Design computer or information systems or applicationsNot measured
- 13%Communicate with others about operational plans or activitiesNot measured
- 13%Analyze data to improve operationsNot measured
- 10%Develop operational or technical procedures or standardsNot measured
- 6%Maintain operational recordsNot measured
- 6%Present research or technical informationNot measured
- 6%Process digital or online dataNot measured
- 5%Maintain current knowledge in area of expertiseNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in data and analytics, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
- BIRD-Interactby HKU and Google Cloud22.7%MERIT + GPT-5.4 (GPT-4o user simulator) · 22 May 2026Emerging
- 96.7%Genloop's Sentinel Agent v2 Pro · 1 Mar 2026Saturated
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
- 54.5%arito · 13 Sep 2026Emerging
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Conduct quality analyses of data inputs and resulting analyses or predictions.
- Confer with researchers, clinicians, or information technology staff to determine data needs and programming requirements and to provide assistance with database-related research activities.
- Analyze or manipulate bioinformatics data using software packages, statistical applications, or data mining techniques.
- Document all database changes, modifications, or problems.
- Monitor database performance and perform any necessary maintenance, upgrades, or repairs.
- Participate in the preparation of reports or scientific publications.
- Maintain awareness of new and emerging computational methods and technologies.
- Test new or updated software or tools and provide feedback to developers.
- Confer with database users about project timelines and changes.
- Create data management or error-checking procedures and user manuals.
- Write computer programs or scripts to be used in querying databases.
- Develop or maintain applications that process biologically based data into searchable databases for purposes of analysis, calculation, or presentation.
Other job titles for this occupation (11)
Biocurator · Bioinformatics Analyst · Bioinformatics Data Analyst · Bioinformatics Specialist · Biotechnician · Research Scientist · Research Specialist · Scientific Informatics Analyst · Bioinformatics Research Technician · Biometrics Technician (Biometrics Tech) · Field Data Technician (Field Data Tech)