How Much Do Statisticians Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries

Statisticians

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.

Salary
$97170
Becoming One
Very Hard
Education
Master's degree
Job Satisfaction
Job Growth

Personality
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Table of contents
  1. Average salary
  2. Starting salary
  3. Salary rank
  4. Salary range
  5. Highest paying states
  6. Highest paying industries

Average salary

Annual salary
$97170 per year
Hourly wage
$47 per hour

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$52,700 to $68,810 per year
Entry-level hourly wage
$25 to $33 per hour

Entry-level Statisticians with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $52,700 to $68,810 per year or $25 to $33 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
A

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Statisticians to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.

Salary range

Level Hourly Annual
Highest (Top 10%) $73 $150,840
Senior (Top 25%) $59 $121,800
Middle (Mid 50%) $44 $92,270
Junior (Bottom 25%) $33 $68,810
No experience (Bottom 10%) $25 $52,700

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
ID $56 $117,190
NJ $56 $116,890
MA $56 $116,180
MD $54 $113,100
CA $54 $112,050
DC $54 $111,970
GA $52 $107,560
NY $50 $104,400
WA $50 $103,520
NC $50 $103,060

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Statistician is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like ID doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at ID might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Statisticians are in the states of ID, NJ, MA, MD and CA.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing $127450 $61.27
Software Publishers $116330 $55.93
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods $115780 $55.66
Federal Executive Branch $115270 $55.42
Computer Systems Design and Related Services $113630 $54.63
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing $111980 $53.84
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing $110360 $53.06
Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories $108070 $51.96
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing $107840 $51.85
Scientific Research and Development Services $106980 $51.43
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers $106810 $51.35
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing $105410 $50.68
Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services $100990 $48.55
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services $100310 $48.23
Management of Companies and Enterprises $99780 $47.97
Employment Services $99760 $47.96
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities $99090 $47.64
Nondepository Credit Intermediation $97730 $46.99
Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing $96730 $46.50
Chemical Manufacturing $96320 $46.31
Specialty Hospitals $96290 $46.29
Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers $95240 $45.79
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services $95150 $45.74
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities $95060 $45.70
Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services $94520 $45.44
Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers $94430 $45.40
Business Support Services $92960 $44.69
Educational Support Services $92430 $44.44
Insurance Carriers $92360 $44.40
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services $90420 $43.47

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