Also called: Pricing Analyst
Figures out what companies should charge for products, using data and psychology.
You run an experiment testing whether a software company should charge $9 or $12 per month, analyze survey data on what customers would pay, and design a new 'good-better-best' price menu.
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 economics, business or math.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Economics, Marketing, Mathematics.
Growing about average. A small but valuable specialty.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI pricing engines automate routine price setting; designing strategy and testing it with real customers stays human.
Classes: AP Statistics, AP Microeconomics, AP Psychology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1111.
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