Clinical Data Managers Career, Salary and Skills
Clinical Data Managers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $120,230 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 262,440. Wage data is published for 332 locations.
Occupation description
Apply knowledge of health care and database management to analyze clinical data, and to identify and report trends.
O*NET code
15-2051.02
Job zone
4
Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$120,230
Hourly median
$57.80
Employment
262,440
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Critical Thinking | 4.00 | 4.25 |
| Active Listening | 3.88 | 3.88 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.88 | 4.25 |
| Speaking | 3.88 | 4.00 |
| Writing | 3.75 | 4.00 |
| Monitoring | 3.62 | 4.12 |
| Active Learning | 3.62 | 4.00 |
| Mathematics | 3.50 | 3.88 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.50 | 3.62 |
| Coordination | 3.38 | 3.38 |
Typical tasks
- Process clinical data, including receipt, entry, verification, or filing of information.
- Generate data queries, based on validation checks or errors and omissions identified during data entry, to resolve identified problems.
- Develop project-specific data management plans that address areas such as coding, reporting, or transfer of data, database locks, and work flow processes.
- Monitor work productivity or quality to ensure compliance with standard operating procedures.
- Prepare appropriate formatting to data sets as requested.
- Design forms for receiving, processing, or tracking data.
- Prepare data analysis listings and activity, performance, or progress reports.
- Design and validate clinical databases, including designing or testing logic checks.
Technology
- 5AM Glassbox Translational Research
- Allscripts healthcare automation software
- Autocoders
- C#
- C++
- Citrix cloud computing software
- ClearTrial
- Clinical trial management software
- Drug coding software
- DZS Software Solutions ClinPlus
- Electronic data capture EDC software
- ePharmaSolutions eMVR
- Epic Systems
- EpicCare Ambulatory Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software
Clinical Data Managers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Clinical Data Managers Salary in CAMedian $141,590 · Employment 39,310
- Clinical Data Managers Salary in TXMedian $122,090 · Employment 25,860
- Clinical Data Managers Salary in NYMedian $130,460 · Employment 23,970
- Clinical Data Managers Salary in New York, NYMedian $135,980 · Employment 23,160
- Clinical Data Managers Salary in PAMedian $106,850 · Employment 13,810
- Clinical Data Managers Salary in NCMedian $119,090 · Employment 11,430
- Clinical Data Managers Salary in ILMedian $106,560 · Employment 10,520
- Clinical Data Managers Salary in San Francisco, CAMedian $170,110 · Employment 10,460
- Clinical Data Managers Salary in FLMedian $115,820 · Employment 10,240
- Clinical Data Managers Salary in Dallas, TXMedian $127,750 · Employment 10,120
- Clinical Data Managers Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $129,740 · Employment 9,850
- Clinical Data Managers Salary in WAMedian $163,350 · Employment 9,600
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.