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Statisticians

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.

Wages

Median annual wage, U.S.$105,650
Employment, U.S.29,030
Median hourly wage$50.79
Annual wage percentiles, U.S., May 2025
10th25thMedian75th90th
$64,000$82,220$105,650$141,490$174,050
By state (48)
StateEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Alabama200$76,4000.52
Alaska80Not available1.24
Arizona440$79,6400.73
Arkansas570$105,7202.33
California2,480$135,9600.73
Colorado780$109,6601.45
Connecticut490$102,8601.53
Delaware70$109,5700.83
District of Columbia550$140,6704.17
Florida550$108,0400.30
Georgia460$115,1500.51
Hawaii90$76,7800.77
Idaho160Not available1.01
Illinois480$119,7600.43
Indiana230$109,3000.39
Iowa250$80,1500.87
Kansas80$111,7800.29
Kentucky80$112,5200.23
Louisiana70$76,4000.20
Maine80$85,6800.68
Maryland2,730$132,6205.30
Massachusetts2,480$96,7103.65
Michigan570$102,7100.70
Minnesota780Not available1.42
Mississippi80$64,6700.35
Missouri680$66,3301.24
Nebraska140$83,4800.71
Nevada50$79,7500.18
New Hampshire70$96,0800.52
New Jersey880$118,2801.09
New Mexico230$84,3301.40
New York1,220$136,0200.68
North Carolina1,200$115,6901.30
North Dakota40$75,8900.44
Ohio580$98,1900.56
Oklahoma50$89,5400.17
Oregon600$93,6201.64
Pennsylvania1,630$93,8301.44
Rhode Island40$102,6200.47
South Carolina240$65,4500.56
Tennessee530$98,2300.86
Texas1,390$102,9600.53
Utah300$88,6100.94
Vermont$82,210
Virginia720$114,9200.94
Washington2,960$105,6504.47
West Virginia90$84,6600.70
Wisconsin250$107,1500.46

Similar occupations

Similarity is our measure: the cosine of importance x level over all 120 O*NET skills, knowledge areas and abilities. It is not an O*NET finding. More.

#OccupationJob ZoneSimilarity
1Biostatisticians50.982
2Mathematicians50.973
3Statistical Assistants40.966
4Operations Research Analysts50.962
5Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary50.956
6Financial Quantitative Analysts50.956
7Actuaries40.955
8Data Scientists40.955
9Business Intelligence Analysts40.952
10Environmental Economists50.949

One skill away

Among the 50 occupations most similar to Statisticians, those at the same Job Zone or lower, where exactly one skill rated at least 3 in importance needs a level more than 0.75 points higher (on O*NET's 0-7 level scale). Our definition. Change the thresholds.

OccupationSkill to buildLevel gapSimilarity
Environmental EconomistsManagement of Financial Resources2.250.949
Survey ResearchersService Orientation1.000.941
Bioinformatics ScientistsMonitoring1.000.932
Credit AnalystsService Orientation0.880.925
Atmospheric and Space ScientistsScience1.000.923
Budget AnalystsManagement of Financial Resources2.880.923
HydrologistsSystems Analysis0.880.918
Geodetic SurveyorsMonitoring0.880.916
Medical DosimetristsService Orientation1.380.911
Web DevelopersProgramming1.130.907

Software to learn next

Software used by at least 3 of the 20 occupations most similar to Statisticians, excluding software Statisticians already lists and any you named. Ranked by how many of them use it, weighted by how much more common it is among them than across all occupations (lift). Our ranking.

SoftwareSimilar jobs using itLift
Oracle Java16 of 207.5x
Perl12 of 208.4x
MySQL10 of 209.2x
C#10 of 208.4x
Microsoft Visual Studio9 of 209.0x
C10 of 206.7x
Microsoft Power BI7 of 2012.9x
Bash7 of 209.2x
Data visualization software6 of 2012.6x
JavaScript9 of 204.9x

Skills

From O*NET data. Importance is rated 1 to 5 and level 0 to 7.

SkillTypeImportanceLevel
MathematicsEssential skill 4.88 5.38
Reading ComprehensionEssential skill 4.00 4.88
Critical ThinkingEssential skill 4.00 4.50
SpeakingEssential skill 3.88 4.25
Complex Problem SolvingTransferable skill 3.88 4.12
Active ListeningEssential skill 3.88 4.00
WritingEssential skill 3.75 4.25
Active LearningEssential skill 3.75 3.88
ScienceEssential skill 3.50 3.88
Judgment and Decision MakingTransferable skill 3.38 3.88
Learning StrategiesEssential skill 3.12 3.00
ProgrammingTransferable skill 3.00 3.12
Systems AnalysisTransferable skill 3.00 3.12
Systems EvaluationTransferable skill 3.00 3.12
MonitoringEssential skill 3.00 3.00
Time ManagementTransferable skill 3.00 3.00
Operations AnalysisTransferable skill 2.88 3.50
InstructingTransferable skill 2.88 3.12
CoordinationTransferable skill 2.88 3.00
Social PerceptivenessTransferable skill 2.75 3.00
PersuasionTransferable skill 2.50 2.62
Management of Personnel ResourcesTransferable skill 2.25 2.38
Service OrientationTransferable skill 2.25 2.12
NegotiationTransferable skill 2.00 2.00
Quality Control AnalysisTransferable skill 2.00 1.12
Management of Financial ResourcesTransferable skill 1.88 1.00
Operations MonitoringTransferable skill 1.88 1.00
Management of Material ResourcesTransferable skill 1.75 0.75
Technology DesignTransferable skill 1.62 0.62
Equipment MaintenanceTransferable skill 1.00not rated
Equipment SelectionTransferable skill 1.00not rated
InstallationTransferable skill 1.00not rated
Operation and ControlTransferable skill 1.00not rated
RepairingTransferable skill 1.00not rated
TroubleshootingTransferable skill 1.00not rated
Knowledge (33) and abilities (52)
Knowledge
NameImportanceLevel
Mathematics 4.67 6.24
Computers and Electronics 4.19 5.57
English Language 3.90 4.81
Education and Training 2.90 3.60
Administration and Management 2.81 3.62
Customer and Personal Service 2.48 2.76
Biology 2.43 2.86
Administrative 2.33 2.95
Engineering and Technology 2.33 2.43
Economics and Accounting 2.24 2.62
Communications and Media 2.24 2.14
Production and Processing 2.00 2.00
Medicine and Dentistry 2.00 1.48
Law and Government 1.95 2.00
Sales and Marketing 1.90 2.24
Personnel and Human Resources 1.86 2.05
Psychology 1.81 1.86
Geography 1.71 1.90
Chemistry 1.71 1.57
Physics 1.71 1.57
Design 1.71 1.38
Sociology and Anthropology 1.62 1.33
Telecommunications 1.57 1.05
Public Safety and Security 1.52 1.19
Food Production 1.33not rated
Foreign Language 1.29 0.81
Mechanical 1.29 0.67
Philosophy and Theology 1.24not rated
History and Archeology 1.19not rated
Therapy and Counseling 1.14not rated
Transportation 1.10not rated
Fine Arts 1.05not rated
Building and Construction 1.00not rated
Abilities
NameImportanceLevel
Mathematical Reasoning 4.75 5.00
Number Facility 4.38 5.12
Written Comprehension 4.12 4.75
Inductive Reasoning 4.00 4.88
Oral Comprehension 4.00 4.88
Written Expression 4.00 4.88
Oral Expression 4.00 4.75
Near Vision 4.00 4.00
Deductive Reasoning 3.88 4.88
Information Ordering 3.75 4.00
Category Flexibility 3.62 3.75
Speech Clarity 3.62 3.62
Fluency of Ideas 3.38 3.88
Problem Sensitivity 3.25 3.50
Speech Recognition 3.12 3.12
Originality 3.00 3.62
Flexibility of Closure 3.00 3.12
Selective Attention 2.88 3.00
Perceptual Speed 2.88 2.88
Speed of Closure 2.88 2.88
Far Vision 2.75 2.88
Memorization 2.75 2.75
Visualization 2.62 2.75
Time Sharing 2.00 2.00
Trunk Strength 2.00 1.38
Visual Color Discrimination 2.00 1.12
Auditory Attention 1.88 1.00
Hearing Sensitivity 1.88 1.00
Finger Dexterity 1.62 1.00
Wrist-Finger Speed 1.62 0.75
Depth Perception 1.62 0.62
Arm-Hand Steadiness 1.00not rated
Control Precision 1.00not rated
Dynamic Flexibility 1.00not rated
Dynamic Strength 1.00not rated
Explosive Strength 1.00not rated
Extent Flexibility 1.00not rated
Glare Sensitivity 1.00not rated
Gross Body Coordination 1.00not rated
Gross Body Equilibrium 1.00not rated
Manual Dexterity 1.00not rated
Multilimb Coordination 1.00not rated
Night Vision 1.00not rated
Peripheral Vision 1.00not rated
Rate Control 1.00not rated
Reaction Time 1.00not rated
Response Orientation 1.00not rated
Sound Localization 1.00not rated
Spatial Orientation 1.00not rated
Speed of Limb Movement 1.00not rated
Stamina 1.00not rated
Static Strength 1.00not rated

Software used

Examples from O*NET data. "Hot" and "in demand" are O*NET flags for technologies often listed in job postings.

All 70
  • Apache Pig
  • Aptech Systems GAUSS
  • Automatic Forecasting Systems Autobox
  • Camfit Data Limited Microfit
  • Common business oriented language COBOL
  • Cytel StatXact
  • DataDescription DataDesk
  • Econometric Software LIMDEP
  • Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
  • GraphPad Software GraphPad Prism
  • IBM SPSS Amos
  • IBM SPSS AnswerTree
  • Insightful S-PLUS
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro
  • Minitab
  • Muthen & Muthen Mplus
  • NCR Teradata Warehouse Miner
  • NCSS Power Analysis and Sample Size PASS
  • Qlik Tech QlikView
  • Quantitative Micro Software EViews
  • RAT-STATS
  • SAP PowerBuilder
  • SAS Enterprise Miner
  • SAS/CONNECT
  • STATISTICA
  • Scientific Software International SSI Hierarchical Linear and Non-Linear Modeling HLM
  • Scientific Software International SSI LISREL
  • Stat-Ease Design-Ease
  • Stat-Ease Design-Expert
  • StatPoint STATGRAPHICS Centurion
  • Statistical Solutions BMDP
  • Sun Microsystems Java
  • SuperANOVA
  • Systat Software SigmaPlot
  • Systat Software SigmaStat
  • UNISTAT Statistical Package
  • Visual Numerics TS-WAVE
  • Wolfram Research Mathematica
  • XGobi
  • XLISP-STAT

Where it concentrates

Metro areas ranked by BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of the area's jobs divided by its share of all US jobs. Above 1 means more concentrated than the nation. Metros employing fewer than 100 are left out.

Metro areaEmploymentLocation quotientMedian annual
Jefferson City, MO31020.76$59,590
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC6009.34$103,290
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA2,5606.58$105,650
Salem, OR2206.32$93,620
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV3,2205.50$136,660
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH1,9503.87$102,320
Lansing-East Lansing, MI1202.94$84,610
Boulder, CO1002.86$144,990
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA1602.51$78,690
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT2502.21$98,450

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