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Statisticians
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 biostatistics, agricultural statistics, business statistics, or economic statistics. Includes mathematical and survey statisticians.
What a statistician does
Become a statistician
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good statistician
- Using math to solve problems.
- Reading work related information.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Wage information is not available. Average annual earnings data is currently unavailable.
Statistician job outlook
- There are 1,412 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 277 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.