Also called: Workforce Analytics Analyst
Uses data to answer questions about employees, like why people quit or which managers build the best teams.
You merge survey results with HR records to find that employees with long commutes quit twice as often, then build a dashboard executives check every month.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in statistics, psychology, economics or HR; some have a master's in I/O psychology.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Statistics, Data Science, Economics.
Growing much faster than average. Growing as companies measure everything.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI speeds analysis of surveys and HR data; asking the right questions and protecting privacy stays human.
Classes: AP Statistics, AP Psychology, Spreadsheets or computer applications.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1199.
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