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Key facts
+34.6%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesEmployment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. Highly exposed to AI, yet demand is growing: AI creates work for those who steer it. Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Analyses large volumes of data with statistics and code to help an organisation decide or forecast.
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- actuarial adviser
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- actuarial analyst
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- actuarial clerk
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- actuarial mathematician
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- actuaries
- actuary
- betting game designer and producer
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- betting, gambling, and lottery quality assurance engineer
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- betting, lottery, and gaming quality assurance engineer
- biometric studies analyst
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- biometrician
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- consulting actuaries
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- content developer
- demographer
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- field demographer
- gambling engineer
- gambling games developer
- gambling quality controller
- gambling, betting and lottery games designer and producer
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- gambling, betting, and lottery quality assurance engineer
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- game content developer
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- gaming, lottery, and betting quality assurance engineer
- health actuaries
- health actuary
- HTML5 canvas game developer
- insurance actuaries
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- logic research scientist
- logic researcher
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- logician
- lottery game designer and producer
- lottery games developer
- lottery quality controller
- lottery, betting and gambling games designer and producer
- lottery, betting, and gambling games developer
- lottery, betting, and gambling quality assurance engineer
- lottery, betting, and gambling quality controller
- lottery, betting, and gaming games developer
- lottery, betting, and gaming quality assurance engineer
- lottery, gambling and betting designer and producer
- lottery, gambling, and betting games developer
- lottery, gambling, and betting quality assurance engineer
- lottery, gambling, and betting quality controller
- lottery, gaming, and betting games developer
- lottery, gaming, and betting quality assurance engineer
- mathematician
- mathematicians
- mathematics research scientist
- mathematics researcher
- mathematics scholar
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- senior statistician
- statistic research associate
- statistic research scientist
- statistical data analyst
- statistical research analyst
- statistical research scientist
- statistical researcher
- statistical scholar
- statistical science researcher
- statistical scientist
- statistician
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- statistics specialist
- test operator in gambling
Training
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Gauges
Risk 3/5 · Moderate
AI exposureVery highBLS AI exposure category "very high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (high)
Employment outlookStrong growthBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Data scientists)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayVery highBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $120,230
EntryLongBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
BLS projection: +95,400 jobs, from 275,600 to 371,000. The WEF names big data specialists as the fastest-growing job to 2030.
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Fastest growing occupations, 2025-2035Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Future of Jobs Report 2025World Economic Forum · January 2025 · large survey
Checked on 27 October 2026.