CUNY is looking for a Research Assistant - starting pay of $19/hr, and the only technical skills requested are that you know Stata and R. But you do need a Master's, preferably a PhD, and lots of knowledge of statistics. Basically what I imagine people are claiming equates to a six-figure data scientist for other employers.

Like a lot of ads, they mix ridiculously specific qualifications with ridiculously generic ones.

For example, one important skill is: - "robust practices" such as "loops"!

and another is: - "knowledge of City University of New York Institutional Research Data"