Career
Statistical assistants
Help statisticians collect and organize data.
$50,330
Median pay
-1.8%
Job growth, 2025–35
500
Openings a year
Bachelor's degree
Typical education
4 years
Typical time after high school
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- Compute and analyze data, using statistical formulas and computers or calculators.
- File data and related information, and maintain and update databases.
- Compile reports, charts, or graphs that describe and interpret findings of analyses.
- Check source data to verify completeness and accuracy.
- Participate in the publication of data or information.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
The deeper question
What kind of person does this path ask you to become?
What this work centers on
O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.
The work
Do you want most of your days spent on information & systems, then ideas & analysis?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Compute and analyze data, using statistical formulas and computers or calculators.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Mathematics, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Active Learning.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
4 years of education after high school (bachelor's degree), for a median of $50,330 a year and 500 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- AccountingSee the degree →
- Accounting Technology/Technician and BookkeepingCIP 52.0302
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Data Scientists$120,230 · +34.6%
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- Clinical Data Managers
- Business Intelligence Analysts
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.