Numerous industries and specialties have heavy concentrations of Statisticians and statistically trained people. Business forecasting, Polling, Quality control, Pharmaceutical firms, Health Services, Epidemiology, Actuarial science, Biotechnology and Marketing are examples of some disciplines with concentrations of Statisticians and where lots of Statistical analysis takes place. The job of Statistician routinely rates as one of the best jobs according to several widely distributed job rankings. The rankings often rate Actuary and Statistician as number one and two. Some of the possible reasons for this may be because Statistics does not involve heavy lifting.
Statistics pays well.
It is a rewarding profession for those who are mathematically able and interested in research. Your job need not become boring. The undergraduate majors of people getting MS degrees in Biostatistics or Statistics is amazingly broad. Popular undergraduate majors include but are not limited to Education, Biology, Psychology, Chemistry, Physics, Business, Mathematics, Economics, Journalism, Engineering and Sociology. Perhaps not everyone can become a Statistician.