Biostatistician

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

A Biostatistician conducts statistical analysis of health and biology-related data. Analysis may be used for product development at a pharmaceutical company, disease research at a hospital or health policy research at a public health organization.

Job Outlook

There were 134 Biostatistician job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 2238 in the United States.

In combination with other careers in the Biostatistician industry, which includes the Biostatistician career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2015:

Salary

Many new Biostatistician 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 $107,485.

State

The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $112,864.

Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Biostatistician postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $83,902.

Education and Experience

Posted Biostatistician 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	22.16%
Master's Degree	72.34%
Doctoral Degree	48.57%
Other	3.66%

Posted Biostatistician 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	29.98%
3 to 5 years	47.66%
6 to 8 years	14.73%
9+ years	7.63%

Skills

Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Biostatistician 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 (64.79%)
Communication (37.53%)
Writing (33.82%)
Presentations (27.17%)
Management (26.85%)
Leadership (23.37%)
Planning (16.13%)
Verbal Communication Skills (15.95%)
Problem Solving (15.91%)
Detail Oriented (15.86%)

Defining Skills

A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.

Statistical Programming (27.84%)
Statistical Analysis (63.92%)
Data Analysis (46.47%)
Biostatistics (80.16%)
Clinical Study Design (33.08%)
Data Management (32.66%)
Survival Analysis (13.76%)
Epidemiology (25.08%)
Statistics (76.79%)
Clinical Research (27.7%)
Clinical Trials (54.7%)
R (Programming Language) (50.87%)
Statistical Methods (39.87%)
SAS (Software) (70.71%)

Necessary Skills

A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.

Grant Applications (5.9%)
Statistical Reporting (14.32%)
Medical Devices (9.36%)
Medical Affairs (2.53%)
Workflow Management (3.37%)
Microsoft Access (6.04%)
Biology (10.01%)
Medical Research (7.58%)
Public Health (14.18%)
Computer Science (5.01%)
Data Collection (20.03%)
Electronic Medical Record (6.5%)
Data Quality (12.77%)
Database Design (5.33%)
Experimental Design (4.68%)
Case Report Forms (12.68%)
SPSS (Statistical Software) (10.44%)
Longitudinal Study (6.64%)
Auditing (3.6%)
Machine Learning (10.34%)
Biotechnology (7.91%)
Business Development (1.4%)
Statistical Packages (7.07%)
Drug Development (8.05%)
Pre-Clinical Development (16.19%)
Pharmaceuticals (19.37%)
Clinical Study Reports (13.06%)
Statistical Software (24.52%)
Standard Operating Procedure (11.93%)
Good Clinical Practices (GCP) (4.4%)
Python (Programming Language) (15.02%)
Real World Data (2.29%)
Project Management (17.13%)
Safety Monitoring (2.15%)
SAP Applications (8.66%)
Population Health (3.98%)
Oncology (5.1%)
Statistical Modeling (13.29%)
Data Science (9.73%)
SQL (Programming Language) (13.06%)
Stata (17.83%)

Distinguishing Skills

A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.

Linear Model (1.45%)
Categorical Data (3.65%)
Parametric Methods (1.03%)
Repeated Measures Design (1.22%)

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.

Survival Analysis (18.92%)
SAS (Software) (97.23%)

Alternative Job Titles

Sometimes employers post jobs with Biostatistician skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:

Principal Biostatistician
Research Biostatistician
Biometrician
Biometrics Technician
Lead Biostatistician
Biostatistician/Epidemiologist
Biostatistics Intern
Biostatistics Manager
Statistics Manager

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.

Common Employers

Here are the employers that have posted the most Biostatistician jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.

United States

Johnson & Johnson (102)
Edwards Lifesciences (79)
Actalent (61)
Amentum (55)
IQVIA (38)
Medpace (33)
University of Utah (33)
The Henry M. Jackson Foundation For The Advancement Of Military Medicine (27)
Thermo Fisher Scientific (25)
University of California (25)

North Carolina

IQVIA (20)
Duke University (16)
University of North Carolina (8)
Fortrea Inc. (7)
Thermo Fisher Scientific (7)
Pharpoint Research (6)
Quintiles (5)
Institute For Medical Research (5)
Knowesis Pte Ltd (4)
Actalent (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!

All wages, job posting statistics, employment trend projections, and information about skill desirability on this page represents historical data and does not guarantee future conditions. Data is provided by and downloaded regularly from Lightcast. For more information about how Lightcast gathers data and what it represents, see Lightcast Data: Basic Overview on Lightcast's Knowledge Base website.

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