Prepares and monitors budgets for governments, universities and companies.
You review a city department's budget request, question a 20% increase, and write recommendations for the city council.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in finance, accounting or public administration.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Finance, Public Administration, Accounting, Economics.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). About average.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI tools assemble budget requests and track spending; governments and colleges will need fewer analysts doing it by hand.
Classes: Accounting, U.S. Government, AP Statistics, Computer applications.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2031.
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