Life & Physical Science

Drug Safety Scientists

SOC 19-4011

Monitor and evaluate the safety of drugs throughout their lifecycle.

Median pay

$50k

$41k to $64k typical range

Outlook

Growing fast

3k openings / yr

Education

Doctoral

AI exposure

57%

modeled estimate

Future-proof

63/100

Key skills

Pharmacovigilance
Signal detection
Regulation
Documentation
Judgment

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How we model AI exposure.