Computer and Mathematical · Holland code CIE

Clinical Data Managers

Apply knowledge of health care and database management to analyze clinical data, and to identify and report trends.

Also called: Clinical Data Management Director (CDM Director), Clinical Data Management Manager (CDM Manager), Clinical Data Manager, Data Management Manager, Clinical Informatics Manager, Data Deliverables Manager.

O*NET 15-2051.02

At a glance

US median annual pay: $120,230; Middle half earn $85,660 to $158,880. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
Most common education: Bachelor's Degree; 85% of workers surveyed by O*NET report this level.
Preparation needed: Job Zone 4 of 5; Considerable preparation. Zone 1 is little or none; zone 5 is graduate-level.
US employment outlook, 2024 to 2034: +34% · Much faster than average; 245,900 jobs in 2024, projected 328,300. BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, which groups this with similar roles as "Data scientists".

What the work involves

The tasks workers in this occupation rate as most important, from the O*NET survey.

Design and validate clinical databases, including designing or testing logic checks.
Process clinical data, including receipt, entry, verification, or filing of information.
Generate data queries, based on validation checks or errors and omissions identified during data entry, to resolve identified problems.
Develop project-specific data management plans that address areas such as coding, reporting, or transfer of data, database locks, and work flow processes.
Monitor work productivity or quality to ensure compliance with standard operating procedures.
Prepare appropriate formatting to data sets as requested.
Design forms for receiving, processing, or tracking data.
Prepare data analysis listings and activity, performance, or progress reports.

Skills and knowledge it leans on

Skills

Critical Thinking4.0 / 5
Reading Comprehension3.9 / 5
Active Listening3.9 / 5
Speaking3.9 / 5
Writing3.8 / 5
Active Learning3.6 / 5

Knowledge areas

English Language4.1 / 5
Computers and Electronics4.0 / 5
Customer and Personal Service3.7 / 5
Mathematics3.2 / 5
Medicine and Dentistry3.0 / 5
Administration and Management3.0 / 5

Importance ratings on O*NET’s 1 to 5 scale. Higher means the occupation depends on it more.

Who tends to enjoy it

How strongly this occupation draws on each of the six Holland interest types, which is the same profile the career interests test compares you against.

Realistic4
Investigative78
Artistic5
Social30
Enterprising38
Conventional93

The same work abroad

Other countries classify jobs differently, so these are the closest matches through the international ISCO-08 standard, not exact equivalents.

European occupation titles (ESCO)

clinical informatics manager · DE Leiter der klinischen Informatik/Leiterin der klinischen Informatik · FR responsable informatique clinique
medical records manager · DE Patientendatenverwalter/Patientendatenverwalterin · FR responsable du service des dossiers médicaux

Closest UK occupation groups (SOC 2020)

Health services and public health managers and directors (1171)86,300 employed
Public services associate professionals (3560)127,500 employed
Business associate professionals n.e.c. (3549)104,700 employed

Employment is the UK Annual Population Survey for April 2025 to March 2026, all workers in the group, which can be broader than this one occupation.

Pay across Europe, for the whole group

Median annual earnings of all employees in “Technicians and associate professionals”. This is the broad ISCO group this occupation falls in, not the occupation itself, so treat it as context for the wage level, not as a salary for this job.

Median annual earnings, Technicians and associate professionals, by country
Country	Median pay
Belgium	€50,992
Austria	€46,986
Germany	€44,473
Netherlands	€42,448
Ireland	€41,613
Sweden	€41,155
Italy	€34,882
France	€34,816
Spain	€29,757
Portugal	€18,080
Poland	€12,108

Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey, businesses with ten or more employees outside public administration, in euro and not adjusted for the cost of living. Reference years differ between sources: the US, Japan and Europe figures on this page come from different survey years, so compare them as rough levels, not to the euro or yen.

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