The Average Salary of Statisticians
Statisticians apply mathematical theory and statistical methods to collect, organize, interpret and summarize data for use by organizations and individuals. They can specialize in fields such as business statistics, biostatistics, agricultural statistics or economics.
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Basics
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PayScale states that as of September 2010, statisticians earned a base annual salary between $54,236 and $90,924. Adding bonuses and profit sharing pushes their average total annual pay to $95,780.
Experience
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A 2010 PayScale report indicates that the greater the experience, the higher the statistician's salary; new statisticians earned $41,399 to $64,517. With one to four years of experience, they earned between $49,854 and $75,656 and at five to nine years of experience, they earned $62,173 to $92,981 annually. With 10 to 19 years of experience, statisticians' salaries ranged between $75,938 and $112,223 and at an experience level of 20 years or more, they made between $78,597 and $128,749.
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Location
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The city of employment can affect a statistician's compensation, with San Francisco offering the highest salary range at $66,855 to $105,201, followed by Seattle at $62,507 to $100,000. Those in Boston earned $50,739 to $81,951, while those in Atlanta received $58,213 to $82,000, according to 2010 PayScale figures.
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