Studies financial data to help companies and investors make money decisions.
You build a spreadsheet model forecasting next year's sales, compare it to competitors and explain to your manager whether opening ten new stores makes sense.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in finance, accounting or economics; CFA for investment roles.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Finance, Economics, Accounting, Mathematics.
Growing faster than average (about 6% over 10 years). Faster than average.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI already pulls data, builds models and drafts reports, the core junior tasks; fewer analysts will be hired, mainly to interpret.
Classes: AP Statistics, Accounting, AP Macroeconomics, Computer applications.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2051.
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