Department: Department of Commerce
Location(s): Suitland, Maryland
Salary Range: $85447 - $133142 Per Year
Job Summary: This vacancy is being filled via the Direct-Hire Authority (DHA) for a Mathematical Statistician position located at the U.S. Census Bureau Headquarters in Suitland, Maryland. The Census Bureau is accessible from the Metro Rail Green Line - Suitland Station. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Mathematical Statistician, 1529-11/12, FPL GG-12 positions within the Census Bureau in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.
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Qualifications: BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: Minimum Education Requirement: 1. A Degree that included 24 semester hours of mathematics and statistics, of which at least 12 semester hours were in the mathematics and 6 semester hours were in statistics. Courses acceptable toward meeting the mathematics course requirement must have included at least four of the following: differential calculus, integral calculus, advanced calculus, theory of equations, vector analysis, advanced algebra, linear algebra, mathematical logic, differential equations, or any other advanced course in mathematics for which one of these was a prerequisite. Courses in mathematical statistics or probability theory with a prerequisite of elementary calculus or more advanced courses will be accepted toward meeting the mathematics requirements, with the provision that the same course cannot be counted toward both the mathematics and the statistics requirement. OR 2. A combination of education and experience -- courses as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The experience should have included a full range of professional statistical work such as (a) sampling, (b) collecting, computing, and analyzing statistical data, and (c) applying known statistical techniques to data such as measurement of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, sampling error, simple and multiple correlation, analysis of variance, and tests of significance. AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Specialized Experience: For the GG-11, you must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS/GG-09 in the Federal service. Experience for this position includes: building statistical or machine learning models; analyzing data; producing reports on statistical results; AND conducting file verifications or instrument testing. OR Education: 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of specialized experience (less than one year of experience as described above) and directly related graduate education (beyond 2 years of graduate education), that when combined equals 100% of the qualification requirement. Note: Only graduate education in excess of two years (generally 36 semester hours) may be used in this calculation. Specialized Experience: For the GG-12, you must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS/GG-11 in the Federal service. Experience for this position includes: Building statistical or machine learning models; analyzing data; communicating findings to technical and non-technical audiences; producing reports on statistical results; conducting file verifications or instrument testing; AND writing code for cloud-based environments. OR Education: Education cannot be substituted for experience at the GS/GG-12 grade level. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer.
How to Apply: Your complete application, including required documents, must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on 05/19/2026. The application process is as follows: To apply on-line, you must complete and submit an application by accessing the USAJOBS website at https://www.usajobs.gov. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USA JOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you will be notified after submitting your application. The notification will be provided in your application submission screen and via email. The notification will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this application" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodation before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside about two (2) hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue later, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments will be reused for one year (in most cases) from the date you complete an assessment. If future applications you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses will be automatically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparation resources. To update your application, including supporting documentation: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your application record, and click Edit my application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement status or your application status: USAJOBS Help Center | How to see your application and job status. Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply online; however, if you are unable to apply online, please email the agency contact.
Application Deadline: 2026-05-19