Will AI replace Biostatisticians?
AI reaches most of this job’s work.
75/100
Very high exposure
More exposed to AI than 98% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 15% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 89% of the work
What the job involves
Develop and apply biostatistical theory and methods to the study of life sciences.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(4)
- Write detailed analysis plans and descriptions of analyses and findings for research protocols or reports.
- Read current literature, attend meetings or conferences, and talk with colleagues to keep abreast of methodological or conceptual developments in fields such as biostatistics, pharmacology, life sciences, and social sciences.
- Prepare articles for publication or presentation at professional conferences.
- Collect data through surveys or experimentation.
Within reach(19)
- Draw conclusions or make predictions, based on data summaries or statistical analyses.
- Analyze clinical or survey data, using statistical approaches such as longitudinal analysis, mixed-effect modeling, logistic regression analyses, and model-building techniques.
- Design research studies in collaboration with physicians, life scientists, or other professionals.
- Write program code to analyze data with statistical analysis software.
- Determine project plans, timelines, or technical objectives for statistical aspects of biological research studies.
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Out of reach(2)
- Provide biostatistical consultation to clients or colleagues.
- Teach graduate or continuing education courses or seminars in biostatistics.
Also called
Biostatistician · Biometrician · Research Biostatistician · Biostatistical Consultant · Research Scientist · Statistical Scientist · Bioinformatics Scientist · Biomathematician
Related jobs
- Statisticians73/100
- Clinical Data Managers57/100
- Bioinformatics Technicians62/100
- Data Scientists57/100
- Bioinformatics Scientists56/100
What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics