Side-by-side distribution
Physicist
$138,747
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 34.3%
- Live roles
- 35
Statistician
$100,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 34.4%
- Live roles
- 32
Highest-paying jobs
Quantum Physicist
Experimental Physicist
Health Physicist
Experimental Physicist
Atomic Physicist
Divertor Plasma Physicist
Senior Physicist - Resilience Engineering & Operations
Experimental Physicist (Accelerator)
Accelerator Physicist
Simulation Physicist - Ion Transport and Waveform Design
Highest-paying jobs
Staff Biostatistician (Analytical Validation)
Principal, Statistician, Roivant Health
Principal, Biostatistician, Roivant Health
Staff Biostatistician (Analytical Validation)
Associate Director, CMC Statistician
Statistician
Senior Statistician
Statistician
Statistician Intern
Athletics Communications Statistician (AY 25-26 900350)
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Thea Energy
|
$130,000 | 3 |
|
Pacific Fusion
|
$161,250 | 2 |
|
Acceleron Fusion
|
$130,000 | 2 |
|
IonQ
|
$129,946 | 2 |
|
Infleqtion
|
$170,500 | 1 |
|
Helion
|
$158,000 | 1 |
| LO Logiqal | $152,500 | 1 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Costello Medical
|
$77,500 | 3 |
|
Natera
|
$193,725 | 2 |
|
Roivant Sciences
|
$175,000 | 2 |
|
Vaxcyte
|
$184,000 | 1 |
|
General Matter
|
$97,500 | 1 |
|
Middlebury College
|
$31,096 | 1 |
Euromonitor
|
$5,797 | 1 |
Physicist vs Statistician: which pays more?
The median for Physicist is $138,747 per year (typically $130,000–$153,875), versus $100,000 for Statistician ($68,750–$179,500). That puts Physicist about 39% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Physicist and Statistician are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.