Statisticians salary

SOC 15-2041 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$105,650

per year, nationally

Middle half

$82,220–$141,490

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

29,030

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+8.5%

2,000 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$64,000$174,050

10th: $64,000
25th: $82,220
Median: $105,650
75th: $141,490
90th: $174,050

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Master's degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where statisticians earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	District of Columbia	$140,670	109.9	550	4.17×
2	New York	$136,020	107.9	1,220	0.68×
3	California	$135,960	110.7	2,480	0.73×
4	Maryland	$132,620	105.0	2,730	5.30×
5	Illinois	$119,760	100.0	480	0.43×
6	New Jersey	$118,280	108.8	880	1.09×
7	North Carolina	$115,690	94.3	1,200	1.30×
8	Georgia	$115,150	96.3	460	0.51×
9	Virginia	$114,920	101.1	720	0.94×
10	Kentucky	$112,520	90.2	80	0.23×
11	Kansas	$111,780	90.1	80	0.29×
12	Colorado	$109,660	103.1	780	1.45×
13	Delaware	$109,570	99.8	70	0.83×
14	Indiana	$109,300	93.3	230	0.39×
15	Florida	$108,040	103.4	550	0.30×
16	Wisconsin	$107,150	94.1	250	0.46×
17	Arkansas	$105,720	86.9	570	2.33×
18	Washington	$105,650	107.0	2,960	4.47×
19	Texas	$102,960	97.1	1,390	0.53×
20	Connecticut	$102,860	103.6	490	1.53×
21	Michigan	$102,710	96.2	570	0.70×
22	Rhode Island	$102,620	102.3	40	0.47×
23	Tennessee	$98,230	91.9	530	0.86×
24	Ohio	$98,190	92.8	580	0.56×
25	Massachusetts	$96,710	105.8	2,480	3.65×
26	New Hampshire	$96,080	104.2	70	0.52×
27	Pennsylvania	$93,830	97.6	1,630	1.44×
28	Oregon	$93,620	103.4	600	1.64×
29	Oklahoma	$89,540	87.8	50	0.17×
30	Utah	$88,610	98.9	300	0.94×
31	Maine	$85,680	97.0	80	0.68×
32	West Virginia	$84,660	89.5	90	0.70×
33	New Mexico	$84,330	92.2	230	1.40×
34	Nebraska	$83,480	90.1	140	0.71×
35	Vermont	$82,210	98.0	—	—
36	Iowa	$80,150	87.8	250	0.87×
37	Nevada	$79,750	100.0	50	0.18×
38	Arizona	$79,640	100.7	440	0.73×
39	Hawaii	$76,780	110.0	90	0.77×
40	Alabama	$76,400	88.8	200	0.52×
41	Louisiana	$76,400	88.2	70	0.20×
42	North Dakota	$75,890	89.0	40	0.44×
43	Missouri	$66,330	90.8	680	1.24×
44	South Carolina	$65,450	93.7	240	0.56×
45	Mississippi	$64,670	87.0	80	0.35×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where statisticians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for statisticians

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$202,840	110.4	320	1.52×
2	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$152,880	98.2	210	1.54×
3	Boulder, CO	$144,990	105.2	100	2.86×
4	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$137,510	112.6	1,460	0.83×
5	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$136,660	108.9	3,220	5.50×
6	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$134,330	101.1	90	2.82×
7	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$131,860	111.9	210	0.74×
8	Rochester, NY	$131,140	97.0	40	0.41×
9	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$128,070	103.2	70	1.47×
10	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$126,350	97.3	100	0.39×
11	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$122,430	114.2	130	0.25×
12	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$122,180	103.6	380	0.45×
13	New Haven, CT	$121,830	104.6	110	2.16×
14	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$117,870	106.7	140	0.70×
15	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$116,440	92.7	30	0.48×
16	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$116,200	113.6	580	0.49×
17	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$116,130	101.4	70	0.26×
18	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$115,590	100.1	390	0.72×
19	Jacksonville, FL	$114,700	99.5	60	0.40×
20	Charlottesville, VA	$112,870	99.1	30	1.40×
21	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$112,540	93.1	80	0.64×
22	Kansas City, MO-KS	$111,780	92.5	100	0.47×
23	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$111,690	92.2	90	0.75×
24	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$109,550	103.7	60	2.65×
25	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$108,820	104.5	420	1.64×
26	Madison, WI	$107,860	97.3	110	1.50×
27	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$107,680	106.9	50	0.70×
28	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$105,820	102.6	920	1.69×
29	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	$105,720	91.4	—	—
30	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$105,670	100.9	110	0.42×
31	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$105,650	111.1	2,560	6.58×
32	Ann Arbor, MI	$105,200	100.9	90	2.29×
33	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$104,330	98.6	400	0.66×
34	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$104,240	95.8	—	—
35	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$104,090	103.1	430	0.57×
36	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$104,060	105.8	510	1.69×
37	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$103,290	97.6	600	9.34×
38	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$103,260	96.9	70	0.43×
39	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$102,320	108.3	1,950	3.87×
40	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$102,070	98.1	150	0.63×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where statisticians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Data Scientists$120,230
Operations Research Analysts$88,940
Actuaries$130,000
Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other$81,490
Mathematicians$126,710