Working in statistics is a niche specialty, so the payoff tends to be larger than most industries. The average statistician makes $92,030 annually according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Of course, there’s a lot of variance depending on the role and nature of the statistics work. There can even be a lot of discrepancy within a statistics specialization. For example, for financial analysts, the lowest 10% earned less than $47,320 whereas the top 10% make more than $156,150 according to the BLS. Overall though, most salaries tend to be well above the median income.