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Data Scientists

Durham Technical Community College

Durham Technical Community College

Data Science
Posted on Mar 19, 2026

Data Scientists

Starting Salary

$51,480
NC Triangle Area

Median Annual Wage

$99,631
NC Triangle Area
% Bachelor's degree Preferred
% Master's degree Preferred

5-Year Job Outlook

+14.7%
NC Triangle Area

Annual Job Openings

3,945
NC Triangle Area

Data Scientists develop and implement a set of techniques or analytics applications to transform raw data into meaningful information using data-oriented programming languages and visualization software.

Apply data mining, data modeling, natural language processing, and machine learning to extract and analyze information from large structured and unstructured datasets.

Visualize, interpret, and report data findings. May create dynamic data reports.