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Data Scientists
Starting Salary
$51,480
NC Triangle Area
Median Annual Wage
$99,631
NC Triangle Area
% Bachelor's degree Preferred
% Master's degree Preferred
5-Year Job Outlook
+14.7%
NC Triangle Area
Annual Job Openings
3,945
NC Triangle Area
Data Scientists 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.