Careers in Statistics

By Willy Franzen

Looking for an entry level job or internship in statistics? Here's an overview of how to approach the search and a list of companies that might have entry level and internship opportunities that will interest you.

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It’s easy to mislead people with bad use of statistics. While statistics is a complex field of mathematics, it’s also a field that happens to be lucrative and in demand.

Some of the things you may do in a typical day include:

Designing a survey
Write a program to collect data
Analyzing large amounts of data
Creating a statistical model
Writing a report explaining your findings

You need a bachelor’s degree in math, statistics, or a related field in order to get a job in statistics; if you want to work in academia or research, you’ll need an advanced degree.

Top employers for statisticians include state and federal government (often under the title Mathematical Statistician at the federal level), higher education institutions, as well as scientific research, pharmaceutical, and insurance companies.

Companies with Entry Level Jobs and Internships in Statistics

GameChanger Media - GameChanger Media is a New York, NY based company that is bringing high end scorekeeping and stat keeping technology to amateur sports.

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Job Title	Location
Lead Full Stack Engineer	New York, NY
Part-Time Mobile App Tester	New York, NY
Senior Platform Engineer	New York, NY

See all 3 job postings

G2 - G2 is a marketing communications agency that helps its clients sell more. They have offices in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, and Philadelphia.

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Job Title	Location
Embedded Application Developer	San Jose, CA
Director of Marketing	Bellevue, WA
Marketing Associate	San Jose, CA
Language Analyst	United States
Project Control Coordinator	Houston, TX

See all 283 job postings

HelloWallet - HelloWallet is a Washington, DC. based company that offers a “financial wellness” tool designed with the help of behavioral economists.

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Job Title	Location
Senior (UX) User Experience Designer / (IXT) Interaction Designer	Washington, DC
Senior Designer	Washington, DC
Big Data Engineer – ETL & Hadoop	Washington, DC
Quality Control Engineer	Washington, DC
Product Manager	Washington, DC

See all 10 job postings

TrueCar - TrueCar is a Santa Monica, CA based company that offers “hassle-free car-buying experience from a nationwide network of certified dealers.”

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Job Title	Location
Payroll Specialist	Santa Monica, CA
Executive Assistant	Santa Monica, CA
Manager, Industry Solutions	United States
OEM Program Manager	New Jersey
Corporate Communications Specialist	Santa Monica, CA

See all 51 job postings

Krossover - Krossover is a New York, NY based company that is aiming to “disrupt the current sports content, analytics and technology landscape.”

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Job Title	Location
Stylist	Plano, TX
Account Executive	New York, NY
Application Support Engineer	New York, NY
Full Stack Web Developer, Internal Tools	New York, NY
Back End Web Developer	New York, NY

See all 4 job postings

NORC at the University of Chicago - NORC at the University of Chicago is a non-profit organization that aims to “to conduct high-quality social science research in the public interest.”

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Job Title	Location
Business Development Intern	Bethesda, MD
Field Interviewer - Context Matters - REHIRES ONLY Southeast Region	United States
Field Interviewer-NAHSG Project-East Glacier, MT	Montana
Graduate Research Assistant - IT	Chicago, IL
Graduate Research Assistant	Chicago, IL

See all 51 job postings

Wireless Generation - Wireless Generation is a Brooklyn, NY based company that is at the forefront of education technology, and they have a ton of job opportunities.

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Job Title	Location
Project Engineer - Intern	Charlotte, NC
Product Manager	Salt Lake City, UT
Product & Competitive Marketing Manager	Sunnyvale, CA
Big Data Architect	Boston, MA
Technical Consultant (Systems Focus)	Omaha, NE

See all 2,197 job postings

MathWorks - MathWorks is a Natick, MA based "developer of mathematical computing software for engineers and scientists," and they have a ton of entry level jobs.

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Job Title	Location
Audio Summer Intern	Natick, MA
Software Visual Design Summer Intern	Natick, MA
FPGA Prototyping Intern	Natick, MA
HDL Verifier Intern	Natick, MA
Simulink Quality Engineering Summer Intern	Natick, MA

See all 315 job postings

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency - Fascinated by geography and navigation? A career with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency might be just what you're looking for.

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Job Title	Location
Language Analyst	United States
Geospatial - Imagery Fusion Analyst	Virginia
Environmental Protection Specialist	United States
Target Digital Network Analyst Skill Level 2	Fort Meade, MD
SIGINT Geospatial Analyst Skill Level 3	Fort Meade, MD

See all 216 job postings

Innovations for Poverty Action - If you’re analytically minded and want to put your skills towards erasing poverty, then Innovations for Poverty Action would be a great place for you to work.

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Job Title	Location
Endeavor Insight Summer Intern	United States
Program Director, Global Financial Inclusion	New Haven, CT
Environmental & Health Sciences - Associate (Durham, NC; Fairfax, VA)	Durham, NC
Endeavor Insight — Contract Research Associate	New York, NY
Associate, Climate Change, Partnership Development & Research	New York, NY

See all 88 job postings

Dropbox - If you love what Dropbox is doing on the cloud storage front, then you should check out their Jobs page for their latest opportunities.

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Job Title	Location
Solution Engineer - Sciences	Washington, DC
Solution Engineer - Electric & Gas	Charlotte, NC
Solution Engineer - SMB Utilities	Charlotte, NC
Project Administrator	Waltham, MA
Music Conference Internship: Programming and Industry Relations	New York, NY

See all 643 job postings

The Cadmus Group - The Cadmus Group is an environmental consulting firm based in Watertown, MA and they have a variety of entry level jobs for new grads.

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Job Title	Location
Research Analyst, Environmental Science & Policy Division	Waltham, MA
Energy Efficiency Research Analyst/Analyst-Planning & Assessment	Portland, OR
Research Analyst/Analyst, Planning & Assessment	Portland, OR
Intern, Energy Services Division	Portland, OR
Hydrologist, Mid-Level	Waltham, MA

See all 23 job postings

MCG - If you're quantitatively minded and looking to work in an innovative and entrepreneurial environment, then you should consider a job at MCG in Providence, RI.

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Job Title	Location
Full charge bookeeper/ controller	Miami, FL
Accountant / Tax Preparer - Bilingual French	Miami, FL
Manager, Clinical Case Management	San Mateo, CA
Management Consultant - Customer Relationship Marketing	United States
Principal Consultant - Customer Relationship Marketing	United States

See all 300 job postings

The Urban Institute - What I really like about The Urban Institute is that they are tirelessly focused on finding the facts, not promoting political opinions. It's about the research

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Job Title	Location
Civil Infrastructure Project Manager	Mountain View, CA
Special Education Teachers (Elementary, Middle, and High)	Brooklyn, NY
Research Assistant	United States
Research Intern	United States
DHS National Urban Security Technology Laboratory Student Internship	New York

See all 768 job postings

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is "the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics."

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Job Title	Location
Summer Intern - Student Trainee (Management & Program Analysis)	Washington, DC
Summer Intern - Student Trainee (Management & Program Analysis)	Washington, DC
Sales & Marketing Internship (Plano, TX)	Plano, TX
Summer Intern - Student Trainee (Mathematical Statistics)	Washington, DC
Summer Intern - Student Trainee (Mathematical Statistics)	Washington, DC

See all 265 job postings

Ceteris - For most new grads, grasping exactly what Ceteris does is pretty hard. The best way to get a feel for them is to take a look at examples of their work.

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No current job openings.

Educational Testing Service - A career with the Princeton, NJ based Educational Testing Service would take you right back to Junior year in high school with all the standardized tests.

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Job Title	Location
Medical Technol ASCP PRN	Lexington, MO
CLIENT SERVICES SPECIALIST I	Pittsburgh, PA
Medical Laboratory Technician	Lee County, IA
Grain Elevator Operations Intern	Kansas
Residential Counselor II Weekdays 2nd Shift	Greenfield, NH

See all 14,530 job postings

SeatGeek - Want to get in early? Check out jobs at SeatGeek. Current postings include Lead Web Developer, Frontend Web Developer, Director of Statistics, and more.

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No current job openings.

U.S. Department of Labor - If you're fascinated by employment and labor issues, then maybe you’ll want to check out jobs with the U.S. Department of Labor.

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Job Title	Location
Registered Nurse 24/7 - ICU - Ochsner Baptist Medical Center - New Orleans	Houston, TX
Transportation Supervisor	Los Angeles, CA
Registered Nurse - RN - 24/7 - ICU - Ochsner Baptist Medical Center - New Orleans - Sign On Bonus Offered	New Orleans, LA
SAFTAS II Team	Arlington, VA
Platform Development	Jersey City, NJ

See all 10,280 job postings

STATS, Inc. - If you’re a sports stats geek like me, you’re probably already dying for a job with STATS... and you're in luck. They're hiring grads for a number of jobs.

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Job Title	Location
Lifeguard (PT, Summer, Seasonal)	Monmouth County, NJ
Marketing Intern	Sturgeon Bay, WI
Transitional Care Coordinator - LPN	Mansfield, OH
CDL-A OTR Company Team Truck Drivers	Missouri
Representative, Customer Service	Davenport, IA

See all 435,521 job postings

CPWR - If safety research sounds like something that you could dig into, you’re in luck. CPWR has a job/internship for you.

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Job Title	Location
Program Assistant	Silver Spring, MD
Chief Executive Officer	Chicago, IL

See all 1 job postings

Wolfram Research - Wolfram Research is "one of the world's most respected software companies" and they have a ton of jobs available for new college grads.

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Job Title	Location
Internship—Campus Ambassador Program Coordinator	Champaign, IL
Special Projects Assistant	Boston, MA
Marketing Specialist	Champaign, IL
Web/User Interface Designer	Champaign, IL
User Experience Designer	Champaign, IL

See all 25 job postings

MDRC - MDRC is a non-profit located in New York City and Oakland, CA, and they are at the forefront of the science of doing good.

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Job Title	Location
Research Assistant	New York, NY
SAS Trainer	New York, NY
Benefit-Cost Research Associate	New York, NY
Economist	New York, NY
Field Staff	Brooklyn, NY

See all 16 job postings

U.S. Census Bureau - Luckily, the U.S. Census Bureau does a lot more than its once every ten years nationwide census. That's why they have so many cool jobs.

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Job Title	Location
Biological Science Technician (Fisheries)	United States
Biological Science Technician (Soils)	United States
Tax & Regulatory Accountant	Ashland, OR
Business Analyst	Suitland, MD
Analyst - On-Site Census Bureau, Suitland, MD	United States

See all 142 job postings

Rubicon Project - If you take a job with Rubicon Project, you will be past the point of no return towards a successful career in the advertising industry.

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Job Title	Location
Account Manager	New York, NY
Executive Assistant - Engineering	Playa Vista, CA
Mobile Account Manager - Buyer Cloud	New York, NY
Platform Solutions Specialist	New York, NY
Vice President, North America Marketing	Playa Vista, CA

See all 80 job postings

Williams-Sonoma - Williams-Sonoma popped into my head while I was thinking about cooking, so I checked to see if they have jobs for new grads. They do!

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Job Title	Location
Williams-Sonoma Inc. - Summer Intern	San Francisco, CA
Production Assistant, Web Content - Pottery Barn Kids	San Francisco, CA
Buyer, Furniture - west elm	Brooklyn, NY
Public Relations Coordinator - Pottery Barn Brands	San Francisco, CA
Associate Buyer - Williams-Sonoma	San Francisco, CA

See all 381 job postings

Crowd Science - As for jobs at Crowd Science in Mountain View, CA, there are 3 positions currently open - Software Engineer, Systems Administrator, and Marketing Coordinator.

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Job Title	Location
Ram Commercial Vehicle Team Electrical Systems Engineer	Auburn Hills, MI
NLP Information Scientist	New York, NY
Marketing Coordinator (Gaming Experience a must!)	Santa Monica, CA
Research Chemist	United States
Product Management Intern	Santa Monica, CA

See all 234 job postings

Gapminder - If someone could figure out a way to bring statistics to life they’d be a millionaire. Or they’d start a non-profit organization called Gapminder.

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No current job openings.

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