15-2041

Statisticians

Role Overview

Develop or apply mathematical or statistical theory and methods to collect, organize, interpret, and summarize numerical data to provide usable information. May specialize in fields such as biostatistics, agricultural statistics, business statistics, or economic statistics. Includes mathematical and survey statisticians. Excludes “Survey Researchers” (19-3022).

Recommended Majors

Educational Statistics and Research Methods. Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement. Institutional Research. Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research, Other. Biometry/Biometrics. Biostatistics. Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Mathematics, General. Applied Mathematics, General. Computational and Applied Mathematics. Statistics, General. Mathematical Statistics and Probability. Mathematics and Statistics. Statistics, Other. Applied Statistics, General. Mathematical Economics. Data Science, General. Data Science, Other. Data Analytics, General. Business Analytics. Data Analytics, Other. Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology. Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods. Survey Research/Methodology. Econometrics and Quantitative Economics. Business Statistics.

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Salary by State (top paying)

State	Median salary
New York	$150,240
District of Columbia	$133,680
Maryland	$128,940
New Hampshire	$127,870
California	$127,550
Delaware	$126,640
North Carolina	$122,630
Illinois	$116,860
Indiana	$113,030
Georgia	$108,280
Texas	$104,380
Florida	$104,160
Kentucky	$103,400
Virginia	$101,900
Washington	$101,890

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Median Annual Salary

$103,300

Projected Growth (10yr)

+8.5%

Avg. annual openings

2.0k

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