Data Scientist
| Median wage (USD) | 112590 |
|---|---|
| Projected employment growth (%) | 34 |
| AI exposure (%) | 59 |
| Maximum exposure (%) | 94 |
| Source | eloundou |
| What AI changes in this occupation | Data cleaning and model prototyping accelerate Visualization and code are AI-assisted Business framing and ethics remain human |
| Key skills | LLM engineering · MLOps · governance |
| Courses to get ahead | MLOps & AI Model Deployment · Coursera · 2 sem. · 89 · You oversee automated cleaning and training pipelines instead of coding everything by hand. GenAI Coding & Automation for Data Analysis · Coursera · 2 sem. · 86 · You validate AI-generated code and visualizations instead of writing everything yourself. Generative AI Engineering with LLMs · Coursera · 12 sem. · 92 · You direct generative AI systems across the whole data pipeline instead of building it piece by piece. LLM Engineering · DeepLearning.AI · 6 sem. · 88 Responsible AI & Data Governance · Coursera · 3 sem. · 80 Data Governance & AI · Coursera · 4 sem. · 76 |
| Occupations to pivot toward | AI/ML Engineer · 140000 · 25 · 68 Data Architect · 145000 · 20 · 55 AI Product Manager · 140000 · 15 · 50 |
| Skills to acquire for the pivot | MLOps / production deployment Data architecture Governance & product |
| GPT-4 exposure — beta / zeta (%) | 75 · 100 |