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Statistical assistants
Compile and compute data according to statistical formulas for use in statistical studies. May perform actuarial computations and compile charts and graphs for use by actuaries. Includes actuarial clerks.
Among the careers AI is changing fastest: more resilient than 2% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is very high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it very high), and US jobs are projected to change by -1.8% by 2035, expected to shrink.
AI can do many of the tasks, and hiring is expected to grow slower than average or to shrink. The job is likely to change, so build the human parts of it.
- Median pay (2025)
- $50,330
- Job growth to 2035
- -1.8%
- Openings a year
- 500
- People doing it (2025)
- 5,100
- Usual route in
- Bachelor's degree
Where people already use AI for this work
- Process digital or online data
- Compile records, documentation, or other data
- Evaluate the quality or accuracy of data
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Analyze data to improve operations
- Process shipments or mail
- Interview people to obtain information
What the work looks like
- Compute and analyze data, using statistical formulas and computers or calculators.
- Present results of statistical analyses to stakeholders.
- File data and related information, and maintain and update databases.
- Compile reports, charts, or graphs that describe and interpret findings of analyses.
- Check survey responses for errors, such as the use of pens instead of pencils, and set aside response forms that cannot be used.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
What the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects
- Fewer of these jobs, as workers across a variety of disciplines can perform many of the tasks, such as compiling and analyzing data, once performed by statistical assistants.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Social science research assistantsGrows with AI, Index 16, +5.0%
- HistoriansChanging shape, Index 10, +3.0%
- Paralegals and legal assistantsChanging shape, Index 11, -0.3%
- Property appraisers and assessorsGrows with AI, Index 11, +3.5%
Also known as: Actuarial Analyst, Actuarial Assistant, Actuarial Technician (Actuarial Tech), Research Assistant, Actuarial Associate, Administrative Analyst (Admin Analyst), Data Technical Specialist, Research Associate.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.