Also called: Government Statistician
Designs the national surveys behind official numbers like the unemployment rate.
Designs how the Census picks which households to survey, calculates the margin of error, and checks that this month's numbers are reliable.
Federal pay estimate; BLS statisticians median ~$104k.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's or PhD in statistics.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Statistics, Mathematics.
Growing much faster than average (about 8% over 10 years). BLS statisticians 2024-34 (approx).
Medium risk for 10 years. AI drafts code and checks estimates; designing official samples and standing behind the numbers stays human.
Classes: AP Statistics, AP Calculus, AP Computer Science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 15-2041.
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