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A Data Analyst collects, cleans, and interprets data, using tools like Excel, SQL, and Tableau to analyze trends and provide insights for decisions.
description:A Data Analyst collects, cleans, and interprets data, using tools like Excel, SQL, and Tableau to analyze trends and provide insights for decisions.
If you like: analyzing data to find insights, creating reports and visualizations, working with spreadsheets and databases.
This role has a $94,592 median salary ¹.
This role has approximately 67,691 jobs available ¹.
A Data Scientist analyzes large datasets to uncover insights, using statistics, machine learning, and visualization to inform business strategies.
description:A Data Scientist analyzes large datasets to uncover insights, using statistics, machine learning, and visualization to inform business strategies.
If you like: analyzing complex datasets, developing machine learning models, solving statistical problems.
This role has a $153,472 median salary ¹.
This role has approximately 70,691 jobs available ¹.
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,A Cyber Security Analyst monitors IT systems, analyzes threats, finds vulnerabilities, and implements measures to protect data from cyber attacks.
description:A Cyber Security Analyst monitors IT systems, analyzes threats, finds vulnerabilities, and implements measures to protect data from cyber attacks.
If you like: protecting networks and data from cyber threats, analyzing security vulnerabilities, developing security protocols.
This role has a $116,096 median salary ¹.
This role has approximately 28,702 jobs available ¹.
A Social Media Strategist develops and executes campaigns to boost brand awareness and engagement while analyzing metrics and optimizing content.
description:A Social Media Strategist develops and executes campaigns to boost brand awareness and engagement while analyzing metrics and optimizing content.
If you like: creating engaging content for social media, analyzing social media performance, managing online communities.
This role has a $53,120 median salary ¹.
This role has approximately 21,038 jobs available ¹.
A Digital Marketing Specialist manages campaigns, optimizing SEO, SEM, and social media with tools like Google Analytics to increase engagement.
description:A Digital Marketing Specialist manages campaigns, optimizing SEO, SEM, and social media with tools like Google Analytics to increase engagement.
If you like: creating online marketing campaigns, analyzing digital data, driving customer engagement.
This role has a $64,896 median salary ¹.
This role has approximately 10,015 jobs available ¹.
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,A Project Manager plans and coordinates projects, ensuring on-time, within-budget delivery while managing resources, risks, and communication.
description:A Project Manager plans and coordinates projects, ensuring on-time, within-budget delivery while managing resources, risks, and communication.
If you like: planning and executing projects, managing resources and timelines, communicating with stakeholders.
This role has a $103,808 median salary ¹.
This role has approximately 364,135 jobs available ¹.
A Machine Learning Engineer builds and optimizes algorithms that enable computers to learn from data, using large datasets and neural networks.
description:A Machine Learning Engineer builds and optimizes algorithms that enable computers to learn from data, using large datasets and neural networks.
If you like: developing machine learning models, working with large datasets, coding in python or r.
A UI/UX Designer creates and refines digital interfaces to be user-friendly and visually appealing, with skills in UI design and UX research.
description:A UI/UX Designer creates and refines digital interfaces to be user-friendly and visually appealing, with skills in UI design and UX research.
If you like: creating visually appealing and user-friendly digital interfaces, conducting user research, designing wireframes and prototypes.
This role has a $129,408 median salary ¹.
This role has approximately 19,104 jobs available ¹.
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,A Statistician collects and analyzes data to identify trends, applying statistical methods to solve problems and provide insights in various fields.
description:A Statistician collects and analyzes data to identify trends, applying statistical methods to solve problems and provide insights in various fields.
If you like: analyzing and interpreting data, applying mathematical concepts, solving complex problems.
This role has a $103,296 median salary ¹.
This role has approximately 5,136 jobs available ¹.
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,A Business Intelligence Analyst analyzes and visualizes data to support business decisions, using Tableau and Power BI to drive strategy.
description:A Business Intelligence Analyst analyzes and visualizes data to support business decisions, using Tableau and Power BI to drive strategy.
If you like: interpreting data to support decision-making, creating dashboards and reports, identifying business trends.
This role has a $125,888 median salary ¹.
This role has approximately 74,111 jobs available ¹.
A Data Engineer builds data pipelines for large datasets, optimizing systems and ensuring reliable data flow using tools like Hadoop and Spark.
description:A Data Engineer builds data pipelines for large datasets, optimizing systems and ensuring reliable data flow using tools like Hadoop and Spark.
If you like: building systems to collect and organize data, writing code for data processing, automating data workflows.
This role has a $137,088 median salary ¹.
This role has approximately 42,364 jobs available ¹.
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,A Data Architect designs and oversees data systems, ensuring efficient storage, security, and accessibility to support business objectives.
description:A Data Architect designs and oversees data systems, ensuring efficient storage, security, and accessibility to support business objectives.
If you like: designing how data is stored and accessed, creating data models, ensuring data quality.
This role has a $141,056 median salary ¹.
This role has approximately 1,930 jobs available ¹.
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A data analyst collects, cleans, and interprets data sets in order to answer a question or solve a problem. They work in many industries, including business, finance, criminal justice, science, medicine, and government.
A project manager is a professional who organizes, plans, and executes projects while working within restraints like budgets and schedules.
A web developer’s job is to create websites. While their primary role is to ensure the website is visually appealing and easy to navigate, many web developers are also responsible for the website’s performance and capacity.
Anytime you interact with a product or service, you have a user experience. This might entail navigating a mobile app, browsing a website, interacting with a physical product (like trying out a new running shoe), or taking advantage of a service (checking into a hotel or using public transportation for example).
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¹ Median salary and job opening data are sourced from Lightcast™ Job Postings Report. Data for job roles relevant to featured programs (2/1/2024 - 2/1/2025)