Statistician
What Does a Professional in this Career Do?
A Statistician collects and analyzes data using the principles of statistics, for work in science, psychology, politics, marketing and manufacturing. Analyzes data and makes policy recommendations to government agencies that address economic, environmental and public health issues.
Job Outlook
There were 163 Statistician job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 6050 in the United States.
In combination with other careers in the Statistician industry, which includes the Statistician career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2015:
Salary
Many new Statistician jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.
National
The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $88,812.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $87,881.
Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Statistician postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $64,075.
Education and Experience
Posted Statistician jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.
| Education Level | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Associate's Degree | 0% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 50.79% |
| Master's Degree | 46.73% |
| Doctoral Degree | 32.99% |
| Other | 11.49% |
Posted Statistician jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.
| Years of Experience | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 0 to 2 years | 48.69% |
| 3 to 5 years | 31.77% |
| 6 to 8 years | 10.37% |
| 9+ years | 9.17% |
Skills
Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Statistician positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.
Baseline Skills
A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.
- Research (54.28%)
- Mathematics (43.55%)
- Management (38.88%)
- Communication (33.26%)
- Leadership (28.89%)
- Planning (26.91%)
- Innovation (25.39%)
- Writing (22.33%)
- Operations (20.48%)
- Presentations (18.79%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Statistical Analysis (30.15%)
- Correlation Analysis (19.33%)
- Biostatistics (22.28%)
- Cultural Anthropology (17.17%)
- R (Programming Language) (35.96%)
- Data Analysis (42.02%)
- Statistics (81.56%)
- SAS (Software) (34.29%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Statistical Reporting (3.73%)
- Applied Mathematics (7.66%)
- Statistical Programming (15.84%)
- Auditing (4.26%)
- Algorithms (6.94%)
- Business Cycle (15.88%)
- Clinical Trials (17.2%)
- Biology (21.08%)
- Data Mining (6.53%)
- Clinical Study Design (8.5%)
- Python (Programming Language) (24.92%)
- Electronic Data Processing (14.27%)
- Data Collection (14.8%)
- Data Quality (5.16%)
- Data Visualization (10.36%)
- Computer Science (17.9%)
- Epidemiology (8.48%)
- Data Management (16.73%)
- Economics (26.82%)
- Finance (5.83%)
- Demography (17.43%)
- Public Administration (16.28%)
- Research Methodologies (19.89%)
- Machine Learning (16.59%)
- SPSS (Statistical Software) (6.65%)
- Geography (17.31%)
- International Relations (15.93%)
- Sociology (17.92%)
- Statistical Software (11.73%)
- Marketing (5.08%)
- Project Management (13.8%)
- Social Welfare (17.17%)
- Drug Development (5.44%)
- Pharmaceuticals (11.22%)
- SQL (Programming Language) (16.28%)
- Power BI (2.95%)
- Social Sciences (20.38%)
- Statistical Modeling (13.94%)
- Psychology (20.28%)
- Sampling (Statistics) (8.45%)
- Stata (6.93%)
- Data Science (32.87%)
- Political Sciences (17.78%)
- Statistical Methods (37.11%)
Distinguishing Skills
A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.
- SAS Macros (3.39%)
- Statistical Thinking (1.38%)
- Survival Analysis (3.4%)
- Statistical Theory (3.79%)
Salary Boosting Skills
A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.
- Bayesian Inference (4.05%)
- SAS (Software) (40%)
- Statistical Thinking (1.61%)
- Statistics (95.15%)
Alternative Job Titles
Sometimes employers post jobs with Statistician skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:
- Mathematical Statistician
- Statistical Analyst
- Statistical Data Analyst
- Statistical Programming Manager
- Research Statistician
- Logistics Trainer
- Notary Public
- Survey Statistician
- Statistician/Data Scientist
Similar Occupations
If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.
- Biostatistician
- Biostatistics Manager / Director
- Research Analyst
- Healthcare Analyst
- Data Scientist
- Research Scientist
Common Employers
Here are the employers that have posted the most Statistician jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.
United States
- United States Department of the Treasury (720)
- AbbVie (164)
- Centers For Disease Control And Prevention (126)
- Intermountain Health (93)
- AstraZeneca (75)
- American Heart Association (74)
- University of California (66)
- Merck KGaA Darmstadt Germany (61)
- Herzing University (61)
- MITRE Corporation (60)
North Carolina
- United States Department of the Treasury (15)
- University of North Carolina (10)
- Wake Forest University (6)
- North Carolina State University (6)
- Alimentiv (4)
- American Heart Association (4)
- Atrium Health Floyd (3)
- SAS Institute (3)
- Life Time (3)
- Atrium Health (3)
NC State Programs Relevant to this Career
If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!
- Agriculture Data Science Graduate Certificates
- Applied Statistics and Data Management Graduate Certificates
- Business Analytics Graduate Certificates
- Foundations of Data Science Master's Degrees
- Management, Risk and Analytics Master's Degrees
- Mathematics Graduate Certificates
- Operations Research Master's Degrees
- Statistics Master's Degrees
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