Statistician
Also known as: Statistical Analyst · Statistical Assistant · Biostatistician
Designs surveys and studies and applies statistical methods to analyse the data.
What you’d do
Statisticians design surveys and studies and apply statistical methods to analyse the data. They work in government statistical offices, research institutes, pharma and clinical research, insurance, market research and analytics teams, and the day involves sampling, data cleaning, modelling and writing up results.
- Designs sampling and surveys
- Runs statistical tests on data
- Interprets and reports results
- Checks data quality
How you get in
With a bachelor's degree, freshers often start as data or analytics associates; most statistician titles ask for an M.Sc in Statistics. Government posts come through UPSC's Indian Statistical Service exam (needs a statistics-related master's or degree with statistics) or SSC exams.
Salary in India
Fresher salary over the years
middle of the 0–1 yr range, ₹ lakh a year
Fewer than two years of fresher data so far — the trend shows once there are two.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Probability and statistical inference
- Survey and sampling design
- Regression and modelling
- Programming in R, SAS or Python
- Explaining results to non-statisticians
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition4
How many graduates enter each year?
BA (all subjects) graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field4
Is it diverse?
Share of women among BA (all subjects) graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- A master's degree is common for statistician titles.
- Common next steps: senior statistician, biostatistician, data scientist or actuarial routes.
- Clinical-research roles often require knowledge of SAS.
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