Also called: School Funding Formula Analyst, Education Finance Analyst
Works out how a state's billions in school funding get split among districts, and models what happens if lawmakers change the formula.
Lawmakers want to give more money to rural schools. You build a spreadsheet model of all 500 districts, show how much each would gain or lose, and testify at a committee hearing. When a lawsuit says funding is unfair, you dig into the numbers to see if it is true.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's in public policy, economics or education finance.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Public Policy, Economics, Education Policy.
Growing about average. Steady at state agencies, legislatures and think tanks.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI speeds spreadsheet modeling; explaining fairness trade-offs to lawmakers and the public stays human.
Classes: AP Macroeconomics, AP Statistics, AP Government.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-3011.
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