Occupation / job
Statistical Assistants
Median annual pay. Half earn less than this.
Hourly at a standard 2,080-hour year. We do not yet have unpaid-time or cost data for this, so this is not an adjusted figure.
The middle half. A quarter earn below this range.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 · view
What this figure cannot tell you
It covers people EMPLOYED in this occupation. Anyone who trained for it and was never hired is not in the median above, and neither is anyone doing the work self-employed. No verified count of qualified people exists for this occupation, so this page shows none rather than an estimate. Why that matters · The occupations where we could source it
Who this suits
With a $50,330 median against a $50,020 national one, Statistical Assistants is an average-paying occupation by construction — $25 a month either way. What separates it from the alternatives is not on this line.
With 4,710 employed nationally, Statistical Assistants is a small occupation. Small occupations are quiet: few postings, slow turnover, and a real chance that the person you would replace is not going anywhere.
These office roles suit people who want steady indoor work with a defined task set, and who can sustain accuracy through volume rather than variety.
No verified preparation time is on file for Statistical Assistants. The wage survey behind every figure on this page asks employers what they pay, not what they required, so the honest answer here is that we do not know.
Who should not do this
The middle half runs $42,840 to $63,950 — $1,759 a month between the quarters, a 1.5x ratio. Spreads this narrow are usually set by a grade or a scale, so the negotiation you are imagining probably is not available.
The 25th percentile of $42,840 is only $7,180 off the $50,020 national midpoint. Being in the worst-paid quarter of Statistical Assistants still means being paid close to what the average American job pays.
Avoid it if you need a role with clear progression; these posts are frequently the first ones consolidated away.
You will not find a "what share make it" figure here. 4,710 is a headcount of the employed, which is a numerator without a denominator — everyone who qualified and never got hired is missing from it, and we will not estimate them to complete a percentage.
What the spread tells you
The quarters are $42,840 and $63,950, a ratio of 1.5x. In a distribution this narrow, the biggest single lever on your pay in Statistical Assistants is the cost of living where you do it.
The middle half of this field earns between $42,840 and $63,950. That is $21,110 of range, with $50,330 sitting inside it as the point half the field is above and half below.
Getting to $63,950, the 75th percentile, is worth $13,620 a year more than the $50,330 midpoint and $21,110 more than the $42,840 a quarter of Statistical Assistants settle for.
The distance from the midpoint up to $63,950 is $13,620 — well over the $7,490 down to $42,840. Distributions leaning this way mean the median understates what the upper half of Statistical Assistants earns, and half the field is in that upper half.
On a 2,080-hour year the midpoint for Statistical Assistants is $24.19 an hour. The quarters sit at $20.59 and $30.74, and the all-occupation midpoint at $24.04.
What these figures are, and what they are not
Employers reported these wages for people already working as Statistical Assistants. The self-employed are excluded, so $50,330 does not describe an independent doing the same work.
The hourly number on this page is $50,330 divided by a 2,080-hour year and nothing more. We hold no unpaid-hours or cost data for Statistical Assistants, so it is arithmetic rather than an effective rate.
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