Also called: ESG Investment Analyst, Impact Investment Analyst
Studies companies' environmental and social practices to help investors pick responsible investments.
You review a mining company's safety and water records, score it against rivals and tell the portfolio manager whether it fits the fund's rules.
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 finance or environmental science; CFA ESG certificate helps.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Finance, Environmental Science, Economics.
Growing about average. Demand slowed in the US after 2024 but stays strong globally.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI scrapes and scores company disclosures, and ESG demand has cooled; fewer analyst openings, mostly for deep judgment work.
Classes: Environmental science, AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, AP English Language.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2051.
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