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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.

US jobs
29,030
Median wage
$105,650 a year
Job family
Data and analytics

Can agents do the work of statisticians?

We read the evidence at the level of the job family, Data and analytics:

  • Task levelPartialOne direct benchmark, near its ceiling. On Spider 2.0-Snow, which asks for multi-step SQL against large business databases, the top agent reaches 96.7% execution accuracy, but the entry names no model. Adjacent spreadsheet tasks agree (83.1% on SpreadsheetBench). No benchmark in our collection tests open-ended analysis, where the right question is itself unclear.
  • Project levelPartialMixed, adjacent evidence. On MLE-bench, 75 offline Kaggle competitions, the best agent wins a medal in 64.4% of competitions. The Remote Labor Index includes data analysis projects; across all its projects, the best agent completed 15.8% to a standard a client would accept.

Benchmarks for the job family

These cover work in data and analytics, not always this occupation's tasks.

Typical tasks

From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.

  • 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.
  • Develop and test experimental designs, sampling techniques, and analytical methods.
  • Identify relationships and trends in data, as well as any factors that could affect the results of research.
  • Present statistical and nonstatistical results, using charts, bullets, and graphs, in meetings or conferences to audiences such as clients, peers, and students.
  • Design research projects that apply valid scientific techniques, and use information obtained from baselines or historical data to structure uncompromised and efficient analyses.
  • Adapt statistical methods to solve specific problems in many fields, such as economics, biology, and engineering.
  • Evaluate sources of information to determine any limitations, in terms of reliability or usability.
  • Process large amounts of data for statistical modeling and graphic analysis, using computers.
Other job titles for this occupation (39)

Database Analyst · Demographer · Education Research Analyst · Mathematical Statistician · Psychometric Consultant · Quantitative Methodologist · Statistical Analyst · Statistical Consultant · Statistical Reporting Analyst · Statistician · Analytical Statistician · Applied Scientist · Applied Statistician · Biometrician · Clinical Analyst · Data Analyst · Data Analyst Specialist · Data Analytics Specialist · Data Coordinator · Data Engineer · Data Manager · Data Modeler · Data Science Specialist · Data Specialist · Data Support Specialist · Environmental Statistician · Financial Analyst · Research Statistician · Sampling Expert · Sports Statistician · Statistical Data Analyst · Statistical Engineer · Statistical Programmer · Statistical Programming Analyst · Statistical Research Analyst · Statistical Scientist · Survey Statistician · Time Study Statistician · Trend Investigator