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Clinical Research Coordinators vs Medical and Health Services Managers

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Clinical Research Coordinators and Medical and Health Services Managers on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Clinical Research Coordinators Medical and Health Services Managers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$161,180
$117,960
Employment · BLS OEWS
100,870
565,840
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
34th pct
55th pct

At a glance

Dimension Clinical Research Coordinators Medical and Health Services Managers
Median pay $161,180 $117,960
Employment 100,870 565,840
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+3.7%) Growing fast (+23.2%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 8,500 62,100
Typical education · O*NET Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 34th pct Moderate · 55th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 77th pct · 40% of tasks 65th pct · 35% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Automation-leaning (64.4%) Augmentation-leaning (49.5%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman Yes Yes

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Customer and Personal Service, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Writing, Oral Comprehension, Written Comprehension, Oral Expression, Written Expression, Problem Sensitivity, Deductive Reasoning, Speaking, Coordination, Inductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, English Language, Critical Thinking, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, Administrative, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Near Vision, Time Management, Management of Personnel Resources, Active Learning, Category Flexibility, Medicine and Dentistry, Instructing, Persuasion, Service Orientation.

Specific to Clinical Research Coordinators

  • Learning Strategies
  • Science
  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Mathematical Reasoning
  • Number Facility
  • Flexibility of Closure
  • Perceptual Speed
  • Far Vision

Specific to Medical and Health Services Managers

  • Administration and Management
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Education and Training
  • Negotiation
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Operations Analysis
  • Systems Analysis

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Presentation software , Analytical or scientific software , Data base user interface and query software , Electronic mail software , Project management software , Word processing software , Object or component oriented development software , Accounting software , Video conferencing software , Medical software .

Specific to Clinical Research Coordinators

Specific to Medical and Health Services Managers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Clinical Research Coordinators or Medical and Health Services Managers — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Clinical Research Coordinators vs Medical and Health Services Managers." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/clinical-research-coordinators-vs-medical-and-health-services-managers

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Singulariki. (2026). Clinical Research Coordinators vs Medical and Health Services Managers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/clinical-research-coordinators-vs-medical-and-health-services-managers

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