How to become a statistical officer or Data analyst

Official title: Statistical officer/Data analyst

Also called: Data analyst, Data quality officer, Data specialist, Statistical compiler, Statistical officer, Associate Product Analyst, Data Analyst/Associate Data Engineer, Product Analyst, Ÿ Data quality officer

Statistical officer/Data analyst performs technical tasks connected with data collection and quality control operations in census and survey operations. He/she collects, inspects, cleans, transforms, validates and models collections of data with regard to the requirements of the project. He/she performs mathematical, actuarial, statistical and related calculations using different IT tools and algorithms as demanded by the situation and data, and prepares these results in graphical or tabular form. He/she ensures that data sources and repositories provide consistent and reliable data.

Main tasks

• Assisting in planning and performing statistical, mathematical, actuarial and related calculations
• Preparing detailed estimates of quantities and costs of materials and labour required for statistical census and survey operations
• Performing technical tasks connected with establishing, maintaining and using registers and sampling frames for census and survey operations
• Performing technical tasks connected with data collection and quality control operations in censuses and surveys
• Using standard computer software packages to perform mathematical, actuarial, statistical and related calculations
• Preparing statistical, mathematical, actuarial and other results for presentation in graphical or tabular form
• Applying knowledge of statistical, mathematical, actuarial and related principles and practices in order to identify and solve problems arising in the course of their work
• Supervising the work of statistical clerks

Ways in

• University: Computing & IT degrees, Offered by 5 universities in Singapore
• University: Mathematics & Statistics degrees

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: $100,272 a year. The middle half earn $69,684 to $146,412 a year.
• Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

How do I become a statistical officer or Data analyst?

Ways in include: Computing & IT degrees; Mathematics & Statistics degrees.

How much does a statistical officer or Data analyst earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $100,272 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $69,684 to $146,412.

Will AI change the work of a statistical officer or Data analyst?

Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026