Bioinformatician

Bioinformatician's enjoy one of the most challenging areas of biotechnology. They are required to have highly advanced knowledge of both biology and computer science. This use information technology and computer science skills in order to take biomedical data and create useful information. You have probably heard of the effort to map the human genome. This is made possible because of the skills utilized by a bioinformatician.

Career Outlook: 
As computer processing speeds and storage capacity continue to increase, bioinformaticians become increasingly valuable. Each technological break though allows the bioinformatician to make additional contributions to the field. The US Department of Labor has forecasted that the biotechnology field as a whole is expected to grow for the next 6 years. Since bioinformatics is an increasingly important area of biotechnology, the number of employees in this field should continue to rise.
Salary Information
Average Salary: 
$130,000.00
Salary Information from SimplyHired: 
 

Average Bioinformatician Salaries

In USD as of Mar 1, 2009
45k 90k 135k

bioinformatician

 $120,000
 
Getting The Job
Related Degrees On This Site: 
Bachelor of Science - Biomedical Informatics
Doctorate Degree in Biomedical Informatics
Master of Science in Biomedical Informatics
Education Information: 

Bachelor's degrees are offered in this field, but those who wish to have a career in this field should seek a Ph.D. An MS degree may work if the candidate's computer science skills are sufficient.

Students do not have to specifically major in bioinformatics to enter the field, but those majoring in related fields of biology must have strong computer science and math skills.

Additional Information
Career Resource Links: 
Bioinformatics Zen