Analytical statistician vs statistical analyst

The differences between analytical statisticians and statistical analysts can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a statistical analyst has an average salary of $69,356, which is higher than the $57,847 average annual salary of an analytical statistician.

The top three skills for an analytical statistician include SAS, regression and R. The most important skills for a statistical analyst are statistical analysis, data analysis, and statistical methods.

Analytical statistician vs statistical analyst overview

	Analytical Statistician	Statistical Analyst
Yearly salary	$57,847	$69,356
Hourly rate	$27.81	$33.34
Growth rate	31%	19%
Number of jobs	6,541	30,653
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Master's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	-	6

Analytical statistician vs statistical analyst salary

Analytical statisticians and statistical analysts have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Analytical Statistician	Statistical Analyst
Average salary	$57,847	$69,356
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $129,000	Between $50,000 And $94,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	Bridgewater, NJ
Highest paying state	California	New Jersey
Best paying company	Genentech	Genentech
Best paying industry	-	Pharmaceutical

Differences between analytical statistician and statistical analyst education

There are a few differences between an analytical statistician and a statistical analyst in terms of educational background:

	Analytical Statistician	Statistical Analyst
Most common degree	Master's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Most common major	Statistics	Statistics
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Northwestern University

Analytical statistician vs statistical analyst demographics

Here are the differences between analytical statisticians' and statistical analysts' demographics:

	Analytical Statistician	Statistical Analyst
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 70.6% Female, 29.4%	Male, 56.1% Female, 43.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 5.1% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 7.6% Asian, 22.7% White, 59.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 4.8% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 11.3% Asian, 14.4% White, 64.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	9%	10%

Differences between analytical statistician and statistical analyst duties and responsibilities

Analytical statistician example responsibilities.

Develop and execute accurate roll rate calculation SAS code.
Utilize SAS programming to analyze research data; document the results.
Identify opportunities to optimize the media budget by building time series regression models.
Conduct statistical analyses using SPSS software to provide attorneys with request information and to assist attorneys on various projects.
Set up and maintain UNIX and LINUX machines.

Statistical analyst example responsibilities.

Manage weapon system project websites via SharePoint, including troubleshooting technical issues and developing guidelines for public/private information and user permissions.
Develop and validate statistical models using logistic regression, mix model, non-linear mix model, experimental design.
Implement CDISC SDTM & ADAM standards for data.
Create and validate CDISC SDTM and ADaM datasets.
Pool data across multiple studies for ISS and ISE.
Develop a product class model to forecast sales opportunities of specific product categories using logistic regression, sampling and segmentation.

Analytical statistician vs statistical analyst skills

Common analytical statistician skills

SAS, 59%
Regression, 31%
R, 6%
Model Development, 3%

Common statistical analyst skills

Statistical Analysis, 11%
Data Analysis, 9%
Statistical Methods, 8%
Database, 6%
Data Collection, 5%
Visualization, 4%

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