Severe shortage of statistician jobs. Overhyped demand for a field with no jobs.

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<p>So Ive been lurking around CC for quite a while now and I've been looking to get an MS in biostatistics after reading countless comments about how statisticians are always in demand. </p>

<p>A typical quote I hear...</p>

<p>"we will always need people to crunch numbers in the STEM field, that's why statisticians are always in demand".</p>

<p>I explored this "idea" a little bit further.</p>

<p>I am a resident of Ohio currently and I went on jobs.com and searched "statistician" for Ohio. I found 16 results. Only 10 of them have the actual title of statistician. About 3 or 4 of them are senior positions.</p>

<p>Now if I were to complete an MS in statistics what are my actual chances of finding a job as a statistician in Ohio? In reality I would only have 6 or 7 jobs I could actually apply for.</p>

<p>I would be competing against thousands of applicants.</p>

<p>Now my question is... Where is the demand? It doesn't live up to the hype. Statisticians aren't in demand? There are more jobs out there for bio majors a lab techs if you look it up on this website.</p>

<p>Indiana: 19
Illinois: 76 (because of chicagos population)
Pennsylvania: 61</p>

<p>If stem researchers are so desperate for number crunchers, why the shortage of jobs? You also have to consider the risk of driving to interviews( if you're lucky to get the chance) and being rejected just like ANY other job out there.</p>

<p>Number crunching jobs are limited and the competition is just as if not more competitive than any other job out there. You are better off securing a lab tech job.</p>

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<p>try this: search for “statistics” and other statistical related keywords like “R” “stata” “regression analysis” “big data” “data mining” etc… </p>

<p>many companies are looking for people that are good with numbers and data for a particular field within the mask of another job title, e.g. data mining analyst in finance. you’d less often find “general statistician”. </p>

<p>i hope this brings up search results that otherwise might have been missed. good luck. </p>

<p>also, get internships or a graduate degree in something that might help you break into a particular industry.</p>