How to hire a research biostatistician

How to hire a research biostatistician, step by step

Here's a step-by-step research biostatistician hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a research biostatistician job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new research biostatistician
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your research biostatistician job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a research biostatistician for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   Hiring the perfect research biostatistician also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list shows salaries for various types of research biostatisticians.

   Type of Research Biostatistician	Description	Hourly rate
   Research Biostatistician	Statisticians use statistical methods to collect and analyze data and to help solve real-world problems in business, engineering, healthcare, or other fields.	$29-60
   Research Project Coordinator	Research Project Coordinators take on a lead role in maintaining and creating processes that support the execution of a research project. Their duties include researching governance requirements, preparing for contract bidding, manage budgeting of a project to meet a specified timeline, and present findings of a project to all stakeholders involved... Show more	$17-31
   Research Fellow	A research fellow is an academic researcher who conducts research and analysis of comprehensive literature, data, and results and provides literature reviews. He/She supervises research assistants and recruits study participants to interview them for a particular study... Show more	$18-34

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • SAS
   • Statistical Analysis
   • Study Design
   • Research Projects
   • Stata
   • Clinical Trials
   • Data Management
   • Public Health
   • Mathematics
   • Power Analysis
   • Survival Analysis
   • Statistical Methods
   • Regression
   • IRB

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage investigator initiate and cooperative group correlative studies to identify biomarkers to ascertain tumor burden and clinical outcomes in lymphoma.
   • Conduct multivariate logistic regression analysis to identify significant factors collectively associate with disease status.
   • Apply advanced statistical methods include but not limit to logistic, regression, non-parametric methods and basic procedures.
   • Collaborate with a colleague to design and synthesize sequence selective DNA binding agents direct to interact irreversibly with specific genes.
   • Initiate abstract for submission for ASCO meeting.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your research biostatistician job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A research biostatistician salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, research biostatisticians' average salary in iowa is 53% less than in new jersey.
   • Seniority. Entry-level research biostatisticians earn 50% less than senior-level research biostatisticians.
   • Certifications. A research biostatistician with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a research biostatistician's salary.

   Average research biostatistician salary

   $88,264yearly

   $42.43 hourly rate

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   Entry-level research biostatistician salary

   $62,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 15, 2025

   Average research biostatistician salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	New Jersey	$106,676	$51
   2	California	$103,192	$50
   3	Massachusetts	$100,251	$48
   4	District of Columbia	$97,894	$47
   5	North Carolina	$95,429	$46
   6	New York	$93,417	$45
   7	Connecticut	$88,977	$43
   8	Arizona	$88,467	$43
   9	Illinois	$85,783	$41
   10	Pennsylvania	$78,317	$38
   11	Texas	$77,701	$37
   12	Minnesota	$73,160	$35
   13	Florida	$71,357	$34
   14	Mississippi	$71,101	$34
   15	Utah	$68,849	$33
   16	Wisconsin	$67,147	$32
   17	Missouri	$66,130	$32
   18	Oklahoma	$54,439	$26

   Average research biostatistician salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Bristol-Myers Squibb	$112,660	$54.16	4
   2	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	$97,250	$46.75	8
   3	Knowesis	$87,727	$42.18	9
   4	RTI International Metals	$86,854	$41.76
   5	UTMB HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS	$86,314	$41.50	57
   6	Univ. Of Texas Cancer Ctr.	$86,263	$41.47	66
   7	Namsa	$86,181	$41.43	13
   8	Stanford University	$85,569	$41.14	145
   9	HealthTrust	$85,465	$41.09
   10	Cedars-Sinai	$83,718	$40.25	150
   11	Health Alliance	$82,632	$39.73	6
   12	Children's Hospital Colorado	$82,097	$39.47
   13	University Of Minnesota Physicians	$76,857	$36.95	3
   14	Kaiser Permanente	$76,011	$36.54	31
   15	DreamKey Partners	$75,022	$36.07
   16	Carle Foundation	$74,986	$36.05	7
   17	Midwestern University	$70,765	$34.02	2
   18	Saint Luke's Health System	$70,261	$33.78	1
   19	Myriad Genetics	$62,346	$29.97	2
   20	University of Texas System	$61,003	$29.33	29

4. Writing a research biostatistician job description

   A research biostatistician job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. To help get you started, here's an example of a research biostatistician job description:

   Research biostatistician job description example

   The Biostatistician II is responsible for collaborating with Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (SRAlab) researchers on the analysis of clinical, epidemiological, health services, and basic science projects. The Biostatistician is responsible for data management and analysis; querying, extracting, managing and analyzing multiple, complex datasets; ensuring data integrity, quality, and timeliness of results; and overseeing the deployment of reporting and analytical solutions. The Biostatistician II may supervise a Biostatistician I in completing data management, analysis, and reporting tasks.
   
   The Biostatistician II will consistently demonstrate support of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab statement of Vision, Mission and Core Values by striving for excellence, contributing to the team efforts and showing respect and compassion for patients and their families, fellow employees, and all others with whom there is contact at or in the interest of the institute.
   
   The Biostatistician II will demonstrate Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Core Attributes: Communication, Accountability, Flexibility/Adaptability, Judgment/Problem Solving, Customer Service and Core Values (Hope, Compassion, Discovery, Collaboration, & Commitment to Excellence) while fulfilling job duties.
   Principal Responsibilities
   
   Manages and plans for data/analysis requests and projects. Provides consultation to investigators on appropriate data management, methodological issues and statistical analyses. Assists in development of statistical analysis plans for grant proposals. Develops and maintains documentation of process for quality assurance and reporting methodology. Cleans, organizes and performs quality control (QC) of data in preparation for analysis. Prepares and edits data summaries of data analyses. Drafts sections of funding applications pertaining to statistical analyses, power analyses, effect size computations. Interprets results and writes reports (prepares tables, figures, and graphs for publications and presentations). Teaches statistical analysis and epidemiologic methods skills to trainees (primarily graduate students and residents). Interprets results using a variety of techniques, ranging from simple data aggregation via statistical analysis to complex statistical analysis. Performs range, logic and consistency checks, reporting errors when necessary. Prepares analysis programs and reports to monitor data accrual and quality. Develops and documents standards for data quality and regulatory compliance pertaining to reporting. Manages projects ensuring timelines and deliverables are met and meet expectations. May supervise a Biostatistician I and research assistants in completing data management, analysis, and reporting tasks. Performs all other duties that may be assigned in the best interest of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
   
   Reporting Relationship
   Reports directly to the Director, Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research
   
   Working Conditions
   Normal office environment with little or no exposure to dust or extreme temperature.

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5. Post your job

   There are various strategies that you can use to find the right research biostatistician for your business:

   • Consider promoting from within or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to find candidates who meet your education requirements.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your research biostatistician job on Zippia to find and recruit research biostatistician candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
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6. Interview candidates

   Your first interview with research biostatistician candidates should focus on their interest in the role and background experience. As the hiring process goes on, you can learn more about how they'd fit into the company culture in later rounds of interviews.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match your ideal candidate profile. If you think a candidate is good enough for the next step, you can move on to the technical interview.

   If your interviews with research biostatistician applicants aren't enough to make a decision, you should also consider including a test project. These are often the best, most straightforward, and least bias-prone ways of determining who will likely succeed in the role. If you don't know how to design an appropriate test, you can ask someone else on the team to create it or take a look at these websites to get a few ideas:

   • TestDome
   • CodeSignal
   • Testlify
   • BarRaiser
   • Coderbyte

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new research biostatistician

   Once you've decided on a perfect research biostatistician candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   Once that's done, you can draft an onboarding schedule for the new research biostatistician. Human Resources should complete Employee Action Forms and ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc. They should also ensure that new employee files are created for internal recordkeeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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