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What you can do with Statistics
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- Careers
- 11
- Early career
- $70,000
- Mid-career
- $100,000
- Growing fast
- 9 of 11
How these numbers work: A major does not have its own salary. Early and mid-career pay is what people who hold this degree earn at the start of their careers and midway through them. Career pay comes from the 11 careers a Statistics degree commonly leads to, and counts everyone in those jobs, including people who have been doing them for thirty years. The two answer different questions, which is why they do not match.
The New York Fed does not report Statistics on its own. Its early and mid-career figures here are for Mathematics, the broader group it places this major in.
51% of people with this degree go on to a graduate degree, so the higher-paying careers below usually mean more school after the bachelor's.
9 of 11 careers this degree leads to are projected to grow faster than average from 2024 to 2034. Of those, Market Research Analyst has the most openings, about 87,200 a year.
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11 careers this degree leads to
Industrial-Organizational Psychologist
$193,950Apply psychology to the workplace: hiring, leadership, motivation, and how organizations perform.
- Middle half of workers
- $107,310 to $222,280
- Growth
- Faster than average
- Openings a year
- 400
Work-life56Remote58- Assessment Design
- Organizational Research
- Statistics
- Consulting
Actuary
$130,000Analyze the financial costs of risk and uncertainty using mathematics, statistics, and financial theory.
- Middle half of workers
- $97,680 to $170,650
- Growth
- Much faster than average
- Openings a year
- 2,400
Work-life78Remote80Satisfaction76- Statistical Modeling
- Risk Assessment
- Financial Mathematics
- Programming (R/Python)
Economist
$124,720Research how markets, policy, and incentives actually behave, and turn that analysis into forecasts and recommendations.
- Middle half of workers
- $89,330 to $174,720
- Growth
- Slower than average
- Openings a year
- 900
Work-life56Remote58- Econometrics
- Data Analysis
- Mathematics
- Critical Thinking
Business Intelligence Analyst
$120,230Turn company data into decisions: build the dashboards, reports, and analyses leaders actually use.
- Middle half of workers
- $85,660 to $158,880
- Growth
- Much faster than average
- Openings a year
- 23,400
Work-life65Remote54- SQL
- Data Visualization
- Dashboard Design
- Data Analysis
Data Scientist
$120,230Develop and implement methods to analyze large datasets to identify patterns and inform decisions.
- Middle half of workers
- $85,660 to $158,880
- Growth
- Much faster than average
- Openings a year
- 23,400
Work-life75Remote85Satisfaction80- Statistical Analysis
- Machine Learning
- Python
- Data Visualization
Sociologist
$106,030Study how groups, institutions, and societies actually work, using research that informs policy and organizations.
- Middle half of workers
- $82,300 to $137,420
- Growth
- About average
- Openings a year
- 300
Work-life54Remote58- Research Design
- Survey Methods
- Data Analysis
- Writing
Biostatistician
$105,650Apply statistical theory and methods to biological, public health, and medical research to design experiments and analyze clinical trial data.
- Middle half of workers
- $82,220 to $141,490
- Growth
- Much faster than average
- Openings a year
- 2,000
Work-life75Remote78Satisfaction76- Statistical Modeling
- Clinical Trial Design
- SAS/R Programming
- Survival Analysis
Statistician
$105,650Design studies and make numbers tell the truth, applying statistical theory across science, business, and government.
- Middle half of workers
- $82,220 to $141,490
- Growth
- Much faster than average
- Openings a year
- 2,000
Work-life60Remote77- Statistical Modeling
- Study Design
- R/Python
- Mathematics
Operations Research Analyst
$88,940Use mathematical modeling and optimization to solve the hardest decisions in logistics, pricing, and planning.
- Middle half of workers
- $68,360 to $125,990
- Growth
- Much faster than average
- Openings a year
- 9,600
Work-life56Remote77- Optimization Modeling
- Mathematics
- Programming
- Critical Thinking
Epidemiologist
$87,220Track how disease spreads through populations and use that evidence to design the public health response.
- Middle half of workers
- $71,090 to $112,640
- Growth
- Much faster than average
- Openings a year
- 800
Work-life60Remote67- Study Design
- Biostatistics
- Data Analysis
- Critical Thinking
Market Research Analyst
$78,760Figure out what customers want before competitors do, turning surveys, sales data, and trends into strategy.
- Middle half of workers
- $58,350 to $108,310
- Growth
- Much faster than average
- Openings a year
- 87,200
Work-life53Remote84- Survey Design
- Data Analysis
- Consumer Behavior
- Critical Thinking
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Where these pay figures come from
Early and mid-career pay is the median annual wage of full-time workers who hold a bachelor's degree in that major, ages 22 to 27 and ages 35 to 45, from 2024 data. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (IPUMS). Published as Outcomes by Major by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Career pay is the annual wage of everyone working in that occupation, not only recent graduates, so it includes people who have done the job for decades. The middle half is the 25th to the 75th percentile. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET OnLine (median and percentile annual wages May 2025; employment projections 2024-2034).
All figures are national. What you earn depends on where you work, who you work for, and how far you take the degree.