Biostatisticians Career, Salary and Skills
Biostatisticians have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $105,650 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 29,030. Wage data is published for 132 locations.
Occupation description
Develop and apply biostatistical theory and methods to the study of life sciences.
O*NET code
15-2041.01
Job zone
5
Typical education
Master's Degree
Experience
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$105,650
Hourly median
$50.79
Employment
29,030
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
$64,000
10th
$82,220
25th
$105,650
Median
$141,490
75th
$174,050
90th
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 4.62 | 5.12 |
| Science | 4.00 | 4.62 |
| Reading Comprehension | 4.00 | 5.12 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 4.00 | 4.50 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 4.00 | 4.38 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.00 | 4.88 |
| Active Learning | 4.00 | 4.88 |
| Speaking | 4.00 | 4.50 |
| Writing | 3.88 | 4.88 |
| Active Listening | 3.88 | 4.25 |
Typical tasks
- Collect data through surveys or experimentation.
- Draw conclusions or make predictions, based on data summaries or statistical analyses.
- Analyze clinical or survey data, using statistical approaches such as longitudinal analysis, mixed-effect modeling, logistic regression analyses, and model-building techniques.
- Write detailed analysis plans and descriptions of analyses and findings for research protocols or reports.
- Calculate sample size requirements for clinical studies.
- Read current literature, attend meetings or conferences, and talk with colleagues to keep abreast of methodological or conceptual developments in fields such as biostatistics, pharmacology, life sciences, and social sciences.
- Design research studies in collaboration with physicians, life scientists, or other professionals.
- Design or maintain databases of biological data.
Technology
- Bash
- C#
- C++
- Clinical trials database software
- Data visualization software
- Database software
- Extensible markup language XML
- Git
- Graphics software
- IBM SPSS Statistics
- Insightful S-PLUS
- JavaScript
- Linux
- Microsoft Access
Biostatisticians salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Biostatisticians Salary in Washington, DCMedian $136,660 · Employment 3,220
- Biostatisticians Salary in WAMedian $105,650 · Employment 2,960
- Biostatisticians Salary in MDMedian $132,620 · Employment 2,730
- Biostatisticians Salary in Seattle, WAMedian $105,650 · Employment 2,560
- Biostatisticians Salary in CAMedian $135,960 · Employment 2,480
- Biostatisticians Salary in MAMedian $96,710 · Employment 2,480
- Biostatisticians Salary in Boston, MAMedian $102,320 · Employment 1,950
- Biostatisticians Salary in PAMedian $93,830 · Employment 1,630
- Biostatisticians Salary in New York, NYMedian $137,510 · Employment 1,460
- Biostatisticians Salary in TXMedian $102,960 · Employment 1,390
- Biostatisticians Salary in NYMedian $136,020 · Employment 1,220
- Biostatisticians Salary in NCMedian $115,690 · Employment 1,200
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.