The US could be facing a shortage of 190,000 people with analytical skills by 2018. To engage and incent younger American-born Female students to pursue degrees in engineering and analytics, employers and industry associations must do more to promote the wide range of exciting opportunities that are available. This includes educating high school and college-age students on the solid earning potential for this discipline.which pays between $60,000 to $115,000 for data mining scientists.
Meanwhile, industry associations such as the Society for Information Management (SIM) are helping to develop computer camps to interest and educate teenagers about career choices in IT