Clinical Research Coordinator
What Does a Professional in this Career Do?
A Clinical Research Coordinator directs clinical research and development projects for companies, and coordinates testing and quality control.
Job Outlook
There were 324 Clinical Research Coordinator job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 11477 in the United States.
In combination with other careers in the Clinical Research Coordinator / Manager industry, which includes the Clinical Research Coordinator career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2015:
Salary
Many new Clinical Research Coordinator jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.
National
The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $122,366.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $117,609.
Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Clinical Research Coordinator postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $110,993.
Education and Experience
Posted Clinical Research Coordinator jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.
| Education Level | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Associate's Degree | 0% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 75.84% |
| Master's Degree | 14.25% |
| Doctoral Degree | 3.9% |
| Other | 15.52% |
Posted Clinical Research Coordinator jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.
| Years of Experience | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 0 to 2 years | 56.95% |
| 3 to 5 years | 37.25% |
| 6 to 8 years | 5% |
| 9+ years | 0.81% |
Skills
Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Clinical Research Coordinator positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.
Baseline Skills
A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.
- Research (89.39%)
- Communication (42.67%)
- Coordinating (40.08%)
- Management (36.27%)
- Detail Oriented (28.47%)
- Writing (25.47%)
- Scheduling (23.69%)
- Interpersonal Communications (21.89%)
- Operations (18.69%)
- Microsoft Office (16.67%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Informed Consent (35.21%)
- Clinical Research (83.46%)
- Clinical Research Coordination (91.38%)
- Clinical Trials (65.27%)
- Coherent Remote File System (CRFS) (0.01%)
- Data Entry (20.36%)
- Data Collection (35.79%)
- Case Report Forms (26.14%)
- Human Subject Research (19.46%)
- Good Clinical Practices (GCP) (35.41%)
- Institutional Review Board (IRB) (47.29%)
- Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) (7.74%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Regulatory Documents (18.46%)
- Drug Administration (6.74%)
- Grant Applications (3.76%)
- Vital Signs (9.66%)
- Billing (10.91%)
- Recruitment Strategies (5.83%)
- Electrocardiography (8.63%)
- Auditing (27.51%)
- Microsoft Access (4.63%)
- Regulatory Compliance (8.11%)
- Biology (9.12%)
- Data Quality (7.12%)
- Medical Records (18.83%)
- Data Management (17.91%)
- Clinical Trial Management Systems (8.42%)
- Standard Operating Procedure (13.12%)
- Electronic Data Capture (EDC) (14.3%)
- Patient Safety (7.52%)
- Health Sciences (4.4%)
- Medical Terminology (16.17%)
- Oncology (15.16%)
- Data Capture (2.09%)
- Nursing (10.05%)
- Project Management (9.5%)
- Phlebotomy (17.75%)
- Research Experiences (10.72%)
- Electronic Medical Record (11.5%)
- Pharmaceuticals (6.03%)
- Radiology (3.22%)
- Regulatory Requirements (1.2%)
Distinguishing Skills
A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.
- Source Document (2.43%)
Salary Boosting Skills
A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.
- Clinical Research (98.73%)
- Clinical Trial Protocols (3.55%)
- Source Document (2.88%)
Alternative Job Titles
Sometimes employers post jobs with Clinical Research Coordinator skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:
- Oncology Clinical Research Coordinator
- Research Nurse Coordinator
- Research Coordinator
- Clinical Research Regulatory Coordinator
- Clinical Research Data Coordinator
- Lead Clinical Research Coordinator
- Research Project Coordinator
- Clinical Trials Research Coordinator
- Clinical Research Study Coordinator
Similar Occupations
If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.
- Clinical Research Associate
- Clinical Research Manager
- Natural Science Research Manager (General)
- Clinical Trial Manager
- Clinical Research Director
- Clinical Project Manager
- Research Assistant
Common Employers
Here are the employers that have posted the most Clinical Research Coordinator jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.
United States
- Actalent (845)
- University of Pennsylvania (533)
- University of California (527)
- Stanford University (381)
- The University of Alabama at Birmingham (319)
- Cedars-Sinai (204)
- Emory Healthcare (187)
- Mount Sinai Health System (165)
- Tulane University (160)
- Washington University in St. Louis (159)
North Carolina
- Duke University (64)
- University of North Carolina (52)
- Actalent (32)
- Icon (31)
- Novant Health (23)
- Institute For Medical Research (9)
- Wake Research Corporation (5)
- Cone Health (5)
- The Henry M. Jackson Foundation For The Advancement Of Military Medicine (5)
- CarolinaEast Health System (5)
NC State Programs Relevant to this Career
If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!
- Health Physics Graduate Certificates
- Microbiology Undergraduate Certificates
- Textile Chemistry Master's Degrees
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