Also called: Research Assistant (Quantitative)
Helps researchers collect, clean, and analyze data for studies.
You run surveys, clean data in R or Stata, and make charts for a professor or think tank. It's a common step before grad school.
Based on social science research assistants.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in a social science or statistics.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Statistics, Economics, Psychology, Sociology.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years).
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI cleans data and makes charts quickly; fewer assistant jobs before grad school.
Classes: AP Statistics, AP Psychology, Computer applications.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-4061.
Career Universe is an early version. Pay, training and AI-risk figures are estimates to start your own research, not verified facts. The research was written with AI research assistants, checked by validation scripts and spot-checked by hand. Check anything important with schools, employers and official sources. How the numbers work.