Sets the constantly changing prices for hotel rooms, airline seats or concert tickets to earn the most money.
You watch bookings for a big convention weekend, raise room rates by $40, open more cheap seats on a slow flight and test an AI pricing system.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 8 years after high school. Bachelor's in hospitality, economics or analytics.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Hospitality Management, Economics, Business Analytics.
Growing about average. Grows with travel and dynamic pricing.
Medium risk for 10 years. Pricing algorithms now set most daily prices, so teams shrink; strategy and overseeing the AI system stay human.
Classes: AP Statistics, AP Microeconomics, Hospitality CTE.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-2021.
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