Statisticians
Develop or apply mathematical or statistical theory and methods to collect, organize, interpret, and summarize numerical data to provide usable information. May specialize in fields such as biostatistics, agricultural statistics, business statistics, or economic statistics. Includes mathematical and survey statisticians.
29,030 people do this job in the US. $105,650 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
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Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 4%. Today's estimate: 8%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 19 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analyze and interpret statistical data to identify significant differences in relationships among sources of information.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 8% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 9%Half by Aug 2027 | |
| Prepare data for processing by organizing information, checking for inaccuracies, and adjusting and weighting the raw data.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 8% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | 8%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Process large amounts of data for statistical modeling and graphic analysis, using computers.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 8% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 3.3 work days | 7%Half by Nov 2027 | |
| Adapt statistical methods to solve specific problems in many fields, such as economics, biology, and engineering.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 8% | 1.7 work days3.3 h to 1.3 work weeks | 2%Half by May 2028 | |
| Develop and test experimental designs, sampling techniques, and analytical methods.Done more than weekly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 8% | 2.1 work days3.3 h to 1.7 work weeks | 1%Half by Sep 2028 | |
| Develop software applications or programming for statistical modeling and graphic analysis.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 8% | 2.1 work days3.3 h to 1.7 work weeks | 1%Half by Sep 2028 | |
| Design research projects that apply valid scientific techniques, and use information obtained from baselines or historical data to structure uncompromised and efficient analyses.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 8% | 3.3 work days6.7 h to 2.5 work weeks | 0%Half by Nov 2028 | |
| Examine theories, such as those of probability and inference, to discover mathematical bases for new or improved methods of obtaining and evaluating numerical data.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 8% | 4.2 work days6.7 h to 3.3 work weeks | 0%Half by Apr 2029 | |
| Report results of statistical analyses in peer-reviewed papers and technical manuals.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 8% | 1.3 work weeks1.7 work days to 4.2 work weeks | 0%Half by Apr 2029 | |
| Identify relationships and trends in data, as well as any factors that could affect the results of research.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 7% | 5 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 15%Half by Jun 2027 | |
| Report results of statistical analyses, including information in the form of graphs, charts, and tables.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 6% | 5 h1.3 h to 1.7 work days | 14%Half by Jun 2027 | |
| Evaluate sources of information to determine any limitations, in terms of reliability or usability.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 5% | 3.3 h50 min to 1.3 work days | 25%Half by Mar 2027 |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
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