An attractive aspect of the statistics profession is the wide variety of problems that can be addressed. 

• Statistical decisions are fundamental to current research in nearly all academic disciplines. 
• Government agencies, such as the Census Bureau and Food and Drug Administration, recruit statisticians.  
• Banks and insurance companies hire statisticians to assist in modeling financial data. 
• Biostatisticians are statistical specialists typically employed at medical schools or research hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, FDA, etc. who work with researchers in designing studies along with collecting and analyzing data related to biology- or health-related problems.