How to become a Statistician
Also called: Bioinformatics specialist, Biometrician, Biostatistician, Demographer, Economics statistician, Education statistician, Finance statistician, Health statistician, Research officer (statistical), Survey statistician, Assistant Research Executive, Research Executive
Statistician conducts research and improves or develops statistical concepts, theories and methods. He/she advises on the applicability and efficiency of statistical methods in their practical application in such fields as engineering, business and social and other sciences. He/she evaluates, organises, analyses and interprets data and presents them in forms suitable for users.
Main tasks
- Studying, improving and developing statistical theories and techniques
- Applying statistics, probability and risk theory to assess potential financial impacts of future events
- Planning and organising surveys and other statistical collections, and designing questionnaires
- Evaluating, processing, analysing, and interpreting statistical data and preparing them for publication
- Advising on or applying various data collection methods and statistical methods and techniques, and determining reliability of findings, especially in such fields as business or medicine as well as in other areas of natural, social or life sciences
- Preparing scientific papers and reports, including those in the form of visualisations such as graphs, charts, and dashboards
- Supervising the work of statistical assistants and statistical clerks
Ways in
- University: Mathematics & Statistics degrees
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $56,640 a year. The middle half earn $46,644 to $77,580 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 Statistician?
Ways in include: Mathematics & Statistics degrees.
How much does a Statistician earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $56,640 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $46,644 to $77,580.
Will AI change the work of a Statistician?
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