Also called: Clinical Statistician
Designs studies and analyzes data for medical research and drug trials.
You help decide how many patients a cancer drug trial needs, then analyze the results to see whether the drug really works. Your analysis can decide whether a medicine reaches the market.
Estimate based on BLS statisticians and pharma industry pay.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's in biostatistics or statistics typical; PhD for senior roles.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Biostatistics, Statistics, Mathematics, Public Health.
Growing much faster than average (about 8% over 10 years). BLS projects fast growth for statisticians.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI speeds coding and analysis, but designing drug trials and signing off for regulators keeps human statisticians accountable.
Classes: AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Calculus.
Official data: O*NET occupation 15-2041.
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