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	Social Science Research Assistants	Clinical Data Managers	Statisticians	Management Analysts	Political Scientists	Survey Researchers
SUMMARY	33% Low Risk	23% Low Risk	22% Low Risk	19% Minimal Risk	18% Minimal Risk	25% Low Risk
JOB SCORE	4.3/10	6.1/10	6.2/10	8.1/10	6.3/10	3.5/10
POLLING	50% (Moderate Risk, Based on 62 votes)	66% (High Risk, Based on 29 votes)	44% (Moderate Risk, Based on 533 votes)	37% (Low Risk, Based on 262 votes)	22% (Low Risk, Based on 425 votes)	50% (Moderate Risk, Based on 34 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	4.4%	33.5%	8.5%	8.8%	-3.1%	-5.2%
WAGES	$58,040 or $27.90 per hour	$112,590 or $54.13 per hour	$103,300 or $49.66 per hour	$101,190 or $48.65 per hour	$139,380 or $67.00 per hour	$63,380 or $30.47 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	32,940	233,440	29,800	893,900	5,950	7,720
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DESCRIPTION	Assist social scientists in laboratory, survey, and other social science research. May help prepare findings for publication and assist in laboratory analysis, quality control, or data management.	Apply knowledge of health care and database management to analyze clinical data, and to identify and report trends.	Develop or apply mathematical or statistical theory and methods to collect, organize, interpret, and summarize numerical data to provide usable information. May specialize in fields such as biostatistics, agricultural statistics, business statistics, or economic statistics. Includes mathematical and survey statisticians.	Conduct organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct work simplification and measurement studies, and prepare operations and procedures manuals to assist management in operating more efficiently and effectively. Includes program analysts and management consultants.	Study the origin, development, and operation of political systems. May study topics, such as public opinion, political decisionmaking, and ideology. May analyze the structure and operation of governments, as well as various political entities. May conduct public opinion surveys, analyze election results, or analyze public documents.	Plan, develop, or conduct surveys. May analyze and interpret the meaning of survey data, determine survey objectives, or suggest or test question wording. Includes social scientists who primarily design questionnaires or supervise survey teams.

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