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Develop or apply mathematical or statistical theory and methods to collect, organize, interpret, and summarize numerical data to provide usable information. May specialize in fields such as bio-statistics, agricultural statistics, business statistics, or economic statistics. Includes mathematical and survey statisticians.

Currently Employed: 1,097

Yearly Projected Openings: 90

Typical Hourly Wage: $42.81 - $57.69

Typical Annual Salary: $89,000 - $120,000

• Apply sampling techniques or use complete enumeration bases to determine and define groups to be surveyed.
• Develop an understanding of fields to which statistical methods are to be applied to determine whether methods and results are appropriate.
• Report results of statistical analyses in peer-reviewed papers and technical manuals.
• Supervise and provide instructions for workers collecting and tabulating data.
• Adapt statistical methods to solve specific problems in many fields, such as economics, biology, and engineering.
• Report results of statistical analyses, including information in the form of graphs, charts, and tables.
• Evaluate sources of information to determine any limitations in terms of reliability or usability.
• Develop software applications or programming to use for statistical modeling and graphic analysis.
• Evaluate the statistical methods and procedures used to obtain data to ensure validity, applicability, efficiency, and accuracy.
• Process large amounts of data for statistical modeling and graphic analysis, using computers.

• Desktop computers
• Notebook computers
• Personal computers

• Analytical or scientific software
• Data base user interface and query software
• Data mining software
• Development environment software
• Object or component oriented development software