What is the median annual pay for a statistician in the US?
Answer$105,650
Statisticians are among the better-paid data professions, reflecting the specialized math training required.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025) bls.gov
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About how little do the lowest-paid 10% of US statisticians earn per year?
Answerunder $64,000
Entry-level statistician roles still pay above the median US salary for all occupations.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025) bls.gov
Expert level
What p-value threshold is most commonly used to call a scientific result 'statistically significant'?
Answerp < 0.05
The American Statistical Association has warned that treating 0.05 as a hard cutoff is often misused.
Source: American Statistical Association (2016) amstat.org
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