Occupations/43-9111.00

Statistical Assistants

Compile and compute data according to statistical formulas for use in statistical studies. May perform actuarial computations and compile charts and graphs for use by actuaries. Includes actuarial clerks.

Bachelor’s

Usually a four-year bachelor’s degree.

AI automation risk

83%

Higher automation risk

Human characteristics

25%

Fewer uniquely human demands

Task orientation

72%

Higher automation risk

A day in this job

  • Mostly routine

    Compute and analyze data, using statistical formulas and computers or calculators.

  • Mostly routine

    File data and related information, and maintain and update databases.

  • Task

    Check source data to verify completeness and accuracy.

The tasks we can read here lean routine. That sits next to the AI risk rank — it is not a forecast that the job disappears.

Core tasks

  1. 01Compute and analyze data, using statistical formulas and computers or calculators.
  2. 02Check source data to verify completeness and accuracy.
  3. 03Enter data into computers for use in analyses or reports.
  4. 04Compile reports, charts, or graphs that describe and interpret findings of analyses.
  5. 05Participate in the publication of data or information.
  6. 06File data and related information, and maintain and update databases.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

  • Repeating same tasks3.44
  • Degree of automation2.65
  • Time sitting4.79
  • Originality (ability)3.00
  • Conflict situations2.28
  • Hands-on objects/tools1.79
  • Outdoors / weather1.22
  • Disease exposure1.27
  • Decision freedom4.03

Top abilities

  • Mathematical Reasoning4.62
  • Written Comprehension4.00
  • Number Facility4.00
  • Written Expression3.88
  • Oral Comprehension3.88
  • Oral Expression3.75
  • Near Vision3.75
  • Information Ordering3.75

Essential skills

  • Reading Comprehension3.75
  • Active Listening3.38
  • Writing3.50
  • Speaking3.38
  • Mathematics4.38
  • Science2.12
  • Critical Thinking3.75
  • Active Learning3.62
  • Learning Strategies2.88
  • Monitoring3.00

CIP matches

52.0302Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping

Schools offering related programs

12 of 79 shown

Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.

InstitutionProgramTuitionAdmitGrad 6-yrEarnings

New York University

New York, NY · Private nonprofit

Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping

52.0302

$60,40012%88%

1 yr $78,172

2 yr $77,297

Master's · CIP 52.03

Georgetown University

Washington, DC · Private nonprofit

Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping

52.0302

$65,40012%95%

1 yr $77,966

2 yr $77,715

Bachelor's · CIP 52.03

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA · Public

Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping

52.0302

$14,80011%93%

1 yr $71,734

2 yr $70,886

Master's · CIP 52.03

Northeastern University

Boston, MA · Private nonprofit

Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping

52.0302

$63,2007%91%

1 yr $70,680

2 yr $69,937

Bachelor's · CIP 52.03

Howard University

Washington, DC · Private nonprofit

Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping

52.0302

$33,20053%65%

1 yr $69,338

2 yr $69,948

Master's · CIP 52.03

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit

Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping

52.0302

$68,20012%92%

1 yr $67,740

2 yr $66,839

Bachelor's · CIP 52.03

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL · Public

Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping

52.0302

$17,50045%85%

1 yr $66,787

2 yr $64,493

Bachelor's · CIP 52.03

Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis

Indianapolis, IN · Private for-profit

Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping

52.0302

$18,600100%64%

1 yr $65,386

2 yr $62,524

Bachelor's · CIP 52.03

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI · Public

Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping

52.0302

$17,70018%93%

1 yr $64,741

2 yr $65,198

Master's · CIP 52.03

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Amherst, MA · Public

Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping

52.0302

$17,40064%83%

1 yr $63,522

2 yr $63,646

Bachelor's · CIP 52.03

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI · Public

Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping

52.0302

$11,20049%89%

1 yr $62,260

2 yr $62,343

Bachelor's · CIP 52.03

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, CO · Public

Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping

52.0302

$13,60081%72%

1 yr $61,922

2 yr $61,681

Master's · CIP 52.03