Career Explorer Computing and maths
Grows with AI
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.
Changing faster than most: more resilient than 20% 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 +11.0% by 2035, much faster than average. The work leans on creative vision.
AI can help with many of the tasks, and demand is still growing. Being fluent with AI is the edge here.
- Median pay (2025)
- $105,650
- Job growth to 2035
- +11.0%
- Openings a year
- 1,900
- People doing it (2025)
- 31,300
- Usual route in
- Master's degree
Where people already use AI for this work
- Determine operational methods or procedures
- Present research or technical information
- Analyze scientific or applied data using mathematical principles
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Develop research plans or methodologies
- Evaluate project feasibility
- Prepare proposals or grant applications
What the work looks like
- Analyze and interpret statistical data to identify significant differences in relationships among sources of information.
- Evaluate the statistical methods and procedures used to obtain data to ensure validity, applicability, efficiency, and accuracy.
- Report results of statistical analyses, including information in the form of graphs, charts, and tables.
- Determine whether statistical methods are appropriate, based on user needs or research questions of interest.
- Prepare data for processing by organizing information, checking for inaccuracies, and adjusting and weighting the raw data.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
What the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects
- More of these jobs, as larger amounts of digital and electronic data are collected over the projections decade. Businesses in all industries will hire statisticians to analyze data to help improve business processes and design and develop new products.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Data scientistsGrows with AI, Index 22, +34.6%
- Operations research analystsGrows with AI, Index 23, +11.9%
- Market research analysts and marketing specialistsGrows with AI, Index 21, +7.0%
- ActuariesGrows with AI, Index 32, +9.2%
Also known as: Database Analyst, Mathematical Statistician, Statistical Analyst, Statistician, Biometrician, Biostatistician, Research Scientist, Statistical Scientist.
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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.