Occupation Details

Projected Growth
Much faster than average (14% or higher)

National Salary
$30.08 hourly, $62,560 annual

Education
Bachelor’s 71%, Master’s 21%, Post-master’s 4%

Job Tasks

• Prepare reports of findings, illustrating data graphically and translating complex findings into written text.
  

• Seek and provide information to help companies determine their position in the marketplace.
  

• Gather data on competitors and analyze their prices, sales, and method of marketing and distribution.
  

• Collect and analyze data on customer demographics, preferences, needs, and buying habits to identify potential markets and factors affecting product demand.
  

• Devise and evaluate methods and procedures for collecting data, such as surveys, opinion polls, or questionnaires, or arrange to obtain existing data.
  

• Monitor industry statistics and follow trends in trade literature.
  

• Measure and assess customer and employee satisfaction.
  

• Measure the effectiveness of marketing, advertising, and communications programs and strategies.
  

• Forecast and track marketing and sales trends, analyzing collected data.
  

• Attend staff conferences to provide management with information and proposals concerning the promotion, distribution, design, and pricing of company products or services.
  

• Conduct research on consumer opinions and marketing strategies, collaborating with marketing professionals, statisticians, pollsters, and other professionals.
  

• Develop and implement procedures for identifying advertising needs.
  

• Direct trained survey interviewers.
  

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Occupation Details

Projected Growth
Much faster than average (14% or higher)

National Salary
$41.93 hourly, $87,220 annually

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Education
Associates 41%, Bachelor’s 26%

Job Tasks

• Expand or modify system to serve new purposes or improve work flow.
  
• Test, maintain, and monitor computer programs and systems, including coordinating the installation of computer programs and systems.
  

• Develop, document and revise system design procedures, test procedures, and quality standards.
  

• Provide staff and users with assistance solving computer related problems, such as malfunctions and program problems.
  

• Review and analyze computer printouts and performance indicators to locate code problems, and correct errors by correcting codes.
  

• Consult with management to ensure agreement on system principles.
  

• Confer with clients regarding the nature of the information processing or computation needs a computer program is to address.
  

• Read manuals, periodicals, and technical reports to learn how to develop programs that meet staff and user requirements.
  

• Coordinate and link the computer systems within an organization to increase compatibility and so information can be shared.
  

• Determine computer software or hardware needed to set up or alter system.
  

• Supervise computer programmers or other systems analysts or serve as project leaders for particular systems projects.
  

• Assess the usefulness of pre-developed application packages and adapt them to a user environment.
  

• Analyze information processing or computation needs and plan and design computer systems, using techniques such as structured analysis, data modeling and information engineering.
  

• Define the goals of the system and devise flow charts and diagrams describing logical operational steps of programs.
  

• Train staff and users to work with computer systems and programs.
  

• Recommend new equipment or software packages.
  

• Use object-oriented programming languages, as well as client and server applications development processes and multimedia and Internet technology.
  

• Prepare cost-benefit and return-on-investment analyses to aid in decisions on system implementation.
  

• Use the computer in the analysis and solution of business problems, such as development of integrated production and inventory control and cost analysis systems.
  

• Specify inputs accessed by the system and plan the distribution and use of the results.
  

• Interview or survey workers, observe job performance or perform the job to determine what information is processed and how it is processed.
  

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Occupation Details

Projected Growth
Much faster than average (14% or higher)

National Salary
$31.79 hourly, $66,130 annually

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Education
Bachelor’s 43%, Associates 20%

Job Tasks

• Design, build, or maintain Web sites, using authoring or scripting languages, content creation tools, management tools, and digital media.
  

• Perform or direct Web site updates.
  

• Write, design, or edit Web page content, or direct others producing content.
  

• Confer with management or development teams to prioritize needs, resolve conflicts, develop content criteria, or choose solutions.
  

• Back up files from Web sites to local directories for instant recovery in case of problems.
  

• Identify problems uncovered by testing or customer feedback, and correct problems or refer problems to appropriate personnel for correction.
  

• Evaluate code to ensure that it is valid, is properly structured, meets industry standards, and is compatible with browsers, devices, or operating systems.
  

• Maintain understanding of current Web technologies or programming practices through continuing education, reading, or participation in professional conferences, workshops, or groups.
  

• Analyze user needs to determine technical requirements.
  

• Develop or validate test routines and schedules to ensure that test cases mimic external interfaces and address all browser and device types.
  

• Develop databases that support Web applications and Web sites.
  

• Renew domain name registrations.
  

• Collaborate with management or users to develop e-commerce strategies and to integrate these strategies with Web sites.
  

• Write supporting code for Web applications or Web sites.
  

• Communicate with network personnel or Web site hosting agencies to address hardware or software issues affecting Web sites.
  

• Design and implement Web site security measures, such as firewalls or message encryption.
  

• Perform Web site tests according to planned schedules, or after any Web site or product revision.
  

• Select programming languages, design tools, or applications.
  

• Incorporate technical considerations into Web site design plans, such as budgets, equipment, performance requirements, or legal issues including accessibility and privacy.
  

• Respond to user email inquiries, or set up automated systems to send responses.
  

• Develop or implement procedures for ongoing Web site revision.
  

• Develop and document style guidelines for Web site content.
  

• Develop Web site maps, application models, image templates, or page templates that meet project goals, user needs, or industry standards.
  

• Establish appropriate server directory trees.
  

• Identify or maintain links to and from other Web sites and check links to ensure proper functioning.
  

• Recommend and implement performance improvements.
  

• Create searchable indices for Web page content.
  

• Register Web sites with search engines to increase Web site traffic.
  

• Provide clear, detailed descriptions of Web site specifications, such as product features, activities, software, communication protocols, programming languages, and operating systems software and hardware.
  

• Monitor security system performance logs to identify problems and notify security specialists when problems occur.
  

• Create web models or prototypes that include physical, interface, logical, or data models.
  

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Occupation Details

Projected Growth
Much faster than average (14% or higher)

National Salary
$20.76 hourly, $43,190 annually

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Education
Bachelor’s 46%, Master’s 29%, Associates 18%

Job Tasks

• Prepare, manipulate, and manage extensive databases.
  

• Provide assistance with the preparation of project-related reports, manuscripts, and presentations.
  

• Obtain informed consent of research subjects or their guardians.
  

• Perform descriptive and multivariate statistical analyses of data, using computer software.
  

• Verify the accuracy and validity of data entered in databases, correcting any errors.
  

• Prepare tables, graphs, fact sheets, and written reports summarizing research results.
  

• Edit and submit protocols and other required research documentation.
  

• Develop and implement research quality control procedures.
  

• Conduct internet-based and library research.
  

• Present research findings to groups of people.
  

• Perform data entry and other clerical work as required for project completion.
  

• Design and create special programs for tasks such as statistical analysis and data entry and cleaning.
  

• Code data in preparation for computer entry.
  

• Provide assistance in the design of survey instruments such as questionnaires.
  

• Screen potential subjects to determine their suitability as study participants.
  

• Administer standardized tests to research subjects, or interview them to collect research data.
  

• Recruit and schedule research participants.
  

• Track research participants, and perform any necessary follow-up tasks.
  

• Allocate and manage laboratory space and resources.
  

• Supervise the work of survey interviewers.
  

• Track laboratory supplies, and expenses such as participant reimbursement.
  

• Perform needs assessments or consult with clients to determine the types of research and information required.
  

• Collect specimens such as blood samples, as required by research projects.